Pictured here is the barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 1097. It is located 45 million lightyears away from Earth and can be found in the constellation Fornax. There is another small companion galaxy seen below the center of NGC 1097; it is located 40 million lightyears from its companion. The jets seen in the nucleus of the galaxy probably came from fossil star steams remaining from the destuction of a smaller galaxy in NGC 1097's past.
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