NGC 1160 and NGC 1161
A pair of Galaxies in Perseus

Each of these galaxies have different red shifts which means that they are probably not very close and just lie along the same line of sight. Spiral galaxy NGC 1160 has several short patchy arms. Lenticular Galaxy NGC 1161 has a bright nucleus with a spectrum showing hydrogen emission lines. Most astronomers believe that this sort of Active Galactic Nucleus is caused by gas or stars spiraling into a massive black hole with a mass of many millions of suns.

NGC 1160 Magnitude: 13.0 Constellation: Perseus RA: 03h 01m 13.8s Dec: +44° 57' 18" Epoch 2000 Size (mins): 1.9' x 0.9' Distance: 133 Million Light Years Classification: Spiral Galaxy New General Catalog(NGC):        "Faint; extended."

NGC 1161 Magnitude: 13.0 Constellation: Perseus RA: 03h 01m 14.5s Dec: +44° 53' 51" Epoch 2000 Size (mins): 2.8' x 2.0' Distance: 103 Million Light Years Classification: Lenticular Galaxy New General Catalog(NGC):     "Faint, pretty small, little extended, abruptly brighter middle."

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George Normandin, KAS

February 12th, 2001