Wide-field View: Edge-on Galaxy NGC 1055 in Cetus | ESO

Wide-field View: Edge-on Galaxy NGC 1055 in Cetus | ESO

This rich wide-field view captures not only the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055 at the center but also the bright galaxy NGC 1068 (also known as Messier 77, it is an active galaxy with a huge black hole at its center) to its lower-left, the fainter galaxy NGC 1032 to the upper right and the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 to the upper left. In addition, much closer to home, the bright naked-eye blue star Delta Ceti appears at the right of center. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: March 1, 2017

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