NGC 1090
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spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 1090 is referenced by 717 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (1001–2000), list of NGC objects (1–1000) and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Barred spiral galaxies, Cetus and NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
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 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Distance from Earth
- 38.2
- Image
- NGC 1090 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- [SLK2004] 347
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-10-09
- redshift
- 0.009200
- apparent magnitude
- 11.592
- galaxy morphological type
- SABbc
- Commons category
- NGC 1090
- radial velocity
- 2762
- right ascension
- 41.6413167
- declination
- -0.2470417
- epoch
- J2000.0
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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.