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Old 01-12-2020, 02:44 PM
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NGC 1097, Arp 77

Been a while since I took an image.


I had some trouble processing this one. There are faint jets emanating from the galaxy and getting these to show up without blowing out the galaxy was tricky.
Taken at Wiruna over the last new moon period.
Image here https://www.astrobin.com/wwb657/B/?nc=user



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NGC 1097 is a Seyfert galaxy, harbouring a supermassive black hole in its centre. There are four mysterious jets in an X shape centred on the nucleus. Two of these pointing to the upper right corner of the image are easily seen here. The upper one has a right angle bend and is often referred to as the "Dogleg". There is a faint suggestion of a third jet to the left of the image opposite the fainter one on the right. This is readily seen in the inverted view.
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