NGC 1097 showing Optical Jets

NGC 1097 can be found in the constellation of Fornax, and is classified as a SBbc, barred spiral galaxy. It is about 45 million light years away. It was discovered by William Herschel on the 9th of October 1790.

 

It’s a fantastic galaxy to look at. It’s a galaxy that has a lot going on. Visually, you can see the distortions and tidal debris that have resulted by the interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A. Personally, the most interesting thing are the optical jets that show up in deep exposures.

 

Like all nice galaxies, it has a supermassive black hole at its centre. The mass has been calculated to be 140 million times the mass of our sun

 

Instruments:

10 Inch RCOS fl 9.1

Astro Physics AP-900 Mount

SBIG STL 11000m

FLI Filter Wheel

Astrodon Lum, Red, Green, Blue Filters

Baader Planetarium H-alpha 7nm Narrowband-Filter

 

Exposure Details:

36 X 900 Bin 1X1 Lum

6 X 1800 Bin 1X1 Lum

12 X 450 Bin 2X2 Red

12 X 450 Bin 2X2 Green

12 X 450 Bin 2X2 Blue

19 X 1200 Bin 1X1 Ha

 

Location

Australia, Central Victoria

Imaged from May-June 2017

 

Software:

CCD Stack (Used for calibration / data rejection / registration / stacking )

Photoshop CS 6 (Image processing)

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