NGC 1090

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title: "NGC 1090" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["barred-spiral-galaxies", "cetus", "ngc-objects", "ugc-objects", "principal-galaxies-catalogue-objects"] description: "Galaxy in the constellation Cetus" topic_path: "science/astronomy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1090" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Galaxy in the constellation Cetus ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Galaxy"]

Field	Value
image	NGC1090 - SDSS DR14.jpg
caption	NGC 1090 imaged by SDSS
name	NGC 1090
epoch	J2000
type	SB(rs)bc{{cite web
title	NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
work	Results for NGC 1090
url	http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
access-date	2006-11-25 }}
ra
dec
dist_ly	124 million light-years
z	2760 ± 4 km/s
appmag_v	12.5
size_v	4.0 × 1.7
constellation name	Cetus
names	UGC 2247, PGC 10507
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| image = NGC1090 - SDSS DR14.jpg | caption = NGC 1090 imaged by SDSS | name = NGC 1090 | epoch = J2000 | type = SB(rs)bc{{cite web | title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | work=Results for NGC 1090 | url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ | access-date=2006-11-25 }} | ra = | dec = | dist_ly = 124 million light-years | z = 2760 ± 4 km/s | appmag_v = 12.5 | size_v = 4.0 × 1.7 | constellation name = Cetus | notes = | names = UGC 2247, PGC 10507

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.

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

The distance to NGC 1090 is approximately 124 million light years and its diameter is about 144,000 light years.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 1090:

• SN 1962K (type unknown, mag. 18.2) was discovered by Konrad Rudnicki on 3 August 1962.
• SN 1971T (type unknown, mag. 16) was discovered by Charles Kowal on 23 November 1971.

References

References

1. (2011). "The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects". [[Cambridge University Press]].
2. (1963). "The 1962 Palomar Supernova Search". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
3. "SN{{nbsp}}1962K". [[International_Astronomical_Union.
4. Kowal, C. T.. (6 December 1971). "Probable Supernova in NGC 1090". Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, [[International Astronomical Union.
5. "SN{{nbsp}}1971T". [[International_Astronomical_Union.
6. "List of Supernovae". [[Harvard University]].

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