NGC 1097 in Fornax

[nandopg]

NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy and also a Seyfert galaxy.

The galaxy is 45 million light years away from us in the constellation Fornax.
It is a severely interacting galaxy with obvious tidal debris and distortions caused by interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A, visible on the image aligned with the major axis of the elliptical shape of NGC 1097's core.

NGC 1097 has a supermassive black hole at its center, with around 140 million times the mass of the Sun. Around the central black hole is a glowing ring of star-forming regions with a network of gas and dust that spirals from the ring to the black hole. An inflow of material toward the central bar of the galaxy causes new stars to be created in the ring.
The ring is approximately 5,000 light years in diameter, the spiral arms of the galaxy extend tens of thousands of light-years beyond the ring. The ring can be seen on this image, well in the center of the core.

Observational data:

•  Constellation Fornax 
• Right ascension 02h 46m 19.0s
• Declination −30° 16′ 30″[1]
• Redshift 1271 ± 3 km/s
• Distance 45 million ly
• Apparent magnitude (V) 10.2
• Apparent size (V) 9′.3 × 6′.3
• Other designations
• PGC 10488, Caldwell

Capture:

• Scope: Quattro CF 10" f/4
• Camera: SX694 Trius
• CCD Guiding: Lodestar
• Mount: Skywatcher AzEq 6 Pro

Image Stack:

• Luminance: 35x400sec
• Red: 16x600sec
• Blue: 16x600sec
• Green: 10x600sec
   

[laudropb]

Wow, that is a spectacular image.

[Craney]

That sir, is a bobby-dazzler...!!!......   Did you take it from the Atacama desert ??  or were you actually in space ?

 

[Gedan]

Stunning!

[Star101]

Beautiful. 

Thats a great image nandopg.

Thanks for sharing.

[Nova2000]

13 hours ago, Craney said:

That sir, is a bobby-dazzler...!!!......   Did you take it from the Atacama desert ??  or were you actually in space ?

 

I'm thinking the same! 

Beautiful image. 

Clear skies 

[nandopg]

3 hours ago, Nova2000 said:

I'm thinking the same! 

Beautiful image. 

Clear skies 

Thank you very much for the kind feedback.  I am happy that you like the image

Regards,

Fernando

4 hours ago, Star101 said:

Beautiful. 

Thats a great image nandopg.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the great evaluation.

Regards,

Fernando

4 hours ago, Gedan said:

Stunning!

Thanks alot for the kindness!

Regards,

Fernando

16 hours ago, Craney said:

That sir, is a bobby-dazzler...!!!......   Did you take it from the Atacama desert ??  or were you actually in space ?

 

Bobby-dazzler is your more than kind and generous comment, to wich I am very grateful. Indeed, it made my day!  
This image has been taken from my home observatory in a week with the seeing particularly very good.  Also the matching between the camera SX-694 and the Skywatcher Quattro, a Newt 10" f/4, played an important role.  
Once again, thank you very much.
Regards,
Fernando

 

17 hours ago, laudropb said:

Wow, that is a spectacular image.

Thank you so much sir. I appreciate your thumbs up.

Regards,

Fernando

[Rodd]

You are an AP beast!  Image after spectacular image.  This is a really unusual galaxy that I must try and hunt down with the C11.

Rodd

[ollypenrice]

What a lovely image. I like everything about it. The colour is bold but believable and the core resolution is remakable. Great stuff.

Olly

[RichLD]

Yet again, a wonderful image Fernando, keep 'em coming! 

[nandopg]

On 19/03/2017 at 13:05, RichLD said:

Yet again, a wonderful image Fernando, keep 'em coming! 

First thank you very much for the compliment.  I will keep posting my images in this great Forum with no doubts.

Regards,

Fernando

On 19/03/2017 at 12:47, ollypenrice said:

What a lovely image. I like everything about it. The colour is bold but believable and the core resolution is remakable. Great stuff.

Olly

Hi Olly,

Thank you so much for the gentle comments and appreciation.

Regards,

Fernando

On 19/03/2017 at 12:39, Rodd said:

You are an AP beast!  Image after spectacular image.  This is a really unusual galaxy that I must try and hunt down with the C11.

Rodd

Hi Rodd,

Thanks alot for your comments and kind words.  With the C-11 this galaxy should be great.  I am eager to see your outcome.

Regards

[PatrickGilliland]

Nicely done, some super detail in there.

Paddy