A smaller companion seems wrapped in the spiral arms of enigmatic galaxy NGC 1097 [
http://weblore.com/…]. This amazingly deep image [
http://www.cosmotog…small_ngc1097.html ] of the peculiar spiral system, also known as Arp [
http://nedwww.ipac.…] 77, actually combines data from two telescopes, one in the northern and one in the southern hemisphere of planet Earth. The faint details revealed include hints of a mysterious jet [ http://adsabs.harvar d.edu/abs/2003ApJ... 585..281H ] emerging toward the top of the view. Seen to be about 42,000 light-years from the larger galaxy's center, the companion galaxy is gravitationally interacting [
http://arxiv.org/ab…] with the spiral and will ultimately merge [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] with it. NGC 1097's center also harbors a massive black hole [
http://www.pparc.ac…]. NGC 1097 is located about 45 million light-years away in the chemical constellation Fornax [
http://www.hawastso…].
Explanation
A smaller companion seems wrapped in the spiral arms of enigmatic galaxy NGC 1097 [
http://weblore.com/…]. This amazingly deep image [
http://www.cosmotog…small_ngc1097.html ] of the peculiar spiral system, also known as Arp [
http://nedwww.ipac.…] 77, actually combines data from two telescopes, one in the northern and one in the southern hemisphere of planet Earth. The faint details revealed include hints of a mysterious jet [ http://adsabs.harvar d.edu/abs/2003ApJ... 585..281H ] emerging toward the top of the view. Seen to be about 42,000 light-years from the larger galaxy's center, the companion galaxy is gravitationally interacting [
http://arxiv.org/ab…] with the spiral and will ultimately merge [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] with it. NGC 1097's center also harbors a massive black hole [
http://www.pparc.ac…]. NGC 1097 is located about 45 million light-years away in the chemical constellation Fornax [
http://www.hawastso…].
Explanation
