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Also known as New General Catalogue 1090

spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Key facts

Constellation
Cetus
Right ascension
02 46 33.9
Declination
−00 ° 14 ′ 49 ″
Redshift
2760 ± 4 km/ s
Distance
124 million light-years
Type
SB(rs)bc
Apparent size v
4.0 ′ × 1.7 ′

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 1090 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus.

NGC 1090 has a pseudo inner ring. The disc has a very low surface brightness.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1090” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.