View source for Astronomy:NGC 1090

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| image = NGC1090 - SDSS DR14.jpg
| upright = 1.15
| caption = [[Astronomy:Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] image of NGC 1090
| name = [[Astronomy:New General Catalogue|NGC]] 1090
| epoch = [[Astronomy:J2000|J2000]]
| type = SB(rs)bc<ref name="ned">{{cite web
  | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  | work=Results for NGC 1090
  | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
  | access-date=2006-11-25 }}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|02|46|33.9}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|-00|14|49}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 124 million [[Astronomy:Light-year|light-year]]s<ref name=Bratton /> 
| z = 2760 ± 4 km/[[Second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 12.5<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 4.0{{prime}} × 1.7{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
| constellation name = [[Astronomy:Cetus|Cetus]]
| notes = 
| names = [[Astronomy:Uppsala General Catalogue|UGC]] 2247,<ref name="ned" /> [[Astronomy:Principal Galaxies Catalogue|PGC]] 10507<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 1090''' is a [[Astronomy:Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral galaxy]] located in the constellation [[Astronomy:Cetus|Cetus]].

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

This galaxy has been the site of two known supernovae: '''SN 1962K''' and '''SN 1971T'''.<ref name=cbat>{{cite web |title=List of Supernovae |url=http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/lists/Supernovae.html |work=[[Organization:Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams|Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams]] |publisher=[[Organization:Harvard University|Harvard University]] |access-date=2021-07-09}}</ref>

NGC 1090 is not part of a galaxy group, even though it appears close to [[Astronomy:NGC 1087|NGC 1087]], [[Astronomy:Messier 77|M-77]] ([[Astronomy:NGC 1068|NGC 1068]]), [[Astronomy:NGC 1055|NGC 1055]], [[Astronomy:NGC 1073|NGC 1073]], and five other small irregular galaxies.

The distance to NGC 1090 is approximately 124 million [[Astronomy:Light-year|light years]] and its diameter is about 144,000 light years.<ref name=Bratton>{{cite book|last1=Bratton|first1=Mark|title=The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects|url=https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00brat|url-access=limited|date=2011|publisher={{wipe|Cambridge University Press}}|isbn=978-0-521-76892-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00brat/page/n174 166]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 1090}}
[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:NGC objects|1090]]
[[Category:UGC objects|02247]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|10507]]

{{Sourceattribution|NGC 1090}}