page_title: NGC 1097
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 1097
caption_attribution_description: English: Spiral galaxy NGC 1097 It is an almost-true colour composite based on images made with the multi-mode VIMOS instrument on the 8.2-m Melipal (Unit Telescope 3) of ESO's Very Large Telescope. Exposures were taken in three different wavebands which were associated to a given colour&#160;: R-band (centred around 652 nm; red), V (540 nm; green) and B (456 nm; blue). The images were taken on the night of December 9 to 10, 2004 in the presence of the President of the Republic of Chile, M. Ricardo Lagos. The observing conditions were very good (seeing well below 1 arcsec). The total exposure was 2.25 min in R, 3 min in V and 6 min in B. The scale is 0.205 arcsec/pix and the image covers a 7.7 x 6.6 arcmin2 region on the sky. All exposures were taken and pre-processed by ESO Paranal Science Operation astronomers. Additional image processing by Henri Boffin (ESO). Credit: ESO Coordinates Position (RA): 2 46 19.04 Position (Dec): -30° 16' 29.62" Field of view: 6.85 x 7.74 arcminutes Orientation: North is 0.1° left of vertical Colours &amp; filters Band	Wavelength	Telescope Optical B 456 nm Very Large Telescope VIMOS Optical V 540 nm Very Large Telescope VIMOS Optical R 652 nm Very Large Telescope VIMOS .
context_page_description: NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 October 1790. It is a severely interacting galaxy with obvious tidal debris and distortions caused by interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A. Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 1097 since 1992.
context_section_description: NGC 1097 (also known as Caldwell 67) is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away in the constellation Fornax.  It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 October 1790. It is a severely interacting galaxy with obvious tidal debris and distortions caused by interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A. Three supernovae (SN 1992bd, SN 1999eu, and SN 2003B) have been observed in NGC 1097 since 1992.
caption: NGC 1097 as taken from VLT
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