View source for NGC 1073

{{Short description|Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = [[New General Catalogue|NGC]] 1073
| image = File:NGC1073 by Goran Nilsson & The Liverpool Telescope.jpg
| caption = NGC 1073 imaged by the [[Liverpool Telescope]]
| credit=
| epoch = [[J2000]]
| constellation name = [[Cetus]]
| type = SB(rs)c<ref name="ned">{{citation
 | last1 = NED
 | author-link = NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
 | title = Results for search on NGC 1073
 | date = February 25, 2007
 | url = http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+1073
}}</ref>
| ra = {{RA|02|43|40.5}}<ref name="ned" />
| dec = {{DEC|+01|22|34}}<ref name="ned" />
| dist_ly = 
| z = 1208 ± 5 km/[[second|s]]<ref name="ned" />
| appmag_v = 11.5<ref name="ned" />
| size_v = 4.9{{prime}} × 4.5{{prime}}<ref name="ned" />
| notes = 
| names = UGC 2210,<ref name="ned" /> PGC 10329<ref name="ned" />
}}

'''NGC 1073''' is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] in the constellation [[Cetus]].  The galaxy is estimated to be about 55 million light years from Earth, possess a disk spanning an estimated 80,000 light years in diameter, and likely contains a type of active core, called an [[HII region|HII]] nucleus.<ref name="hoetal1997">{{citation
 | last1 = Ho
 | first1 = Luis C.
 | last2 = Filippenko
 | first2 = Alexei V.
 | last3 = Sargent
 | first3 = Wallace L. W.
 | title = A Search for "Dwarf" Seyfert Nuclei. III. Spectroscopic Parameters and Properties of the Host Galaxies
 | date = October 1997
 | periodical = Astrophysical Journal Supplement
 | volume = 112
 | issue = 2
 | pages = 315–390
 | bibcode = 1997ApJS..112..315H
 | doi = 10.1086/313041
|arxiv = astro-ph/9704107 | s2cid = 17086638
 }}</ref><ref name="Space-20120103">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=Hubble Telescope Spies Milky Way Galaxy's Twin |url=http://www.space.com/14461-hubble-photo-milkyway-galaxy-twin.html |date=3 February 2012 |publisher=[[Space.com]] |access-date=3 February 2012 }}</ref>
 
NGC 1073 is similar to the [[Milky Way]] only in their shared possession of a galactic bar. NGC 1073, however, does not possess the well-defined symmetrical arm structure the Milky Way exhibits, and retains a central bar larger than our home galaxy's.<ref>[https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/localarm/ National Radio Astronomy Observatory Milky Way]</ref> NGC 1073 can be viewed with a mid-sized telescope in rural, dark skies.

One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 1073: SN 1962L ([[Type_Ib_and_Ic_supernovae|type&nbsp;Ic]], mag. 13.9) was discovered by Leonida Rosino on 23 November 1962,<ref>{{cite web
	| url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/IAUCs/IAUC1809a.jpg
	| title = Circular No. 1809
	| last = Thernoe
	| first = K. A.
	| date = 3 December 1962
	| website = Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
	| publisher = Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
	| access-date = 1 December 2024
}}</ref> and independently by Enrique Chavira and [[Guillermo Haro]].<ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1962L | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1962L | publisher = [[International_Astronomical_Union|IAU]] | access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTZg_Zn_2yc Video (01:18)]

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[[Category:Barred spiral galaxies]]
[[Category:Cetus]]
[[Category:NGC objects|1073]]
[[Category:UGC objects|02210]]
[[Category:Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects|10329]]


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