NGC 1073

{{Short description|Barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = 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{{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

}}

| ra = {{RA|02|43|40.5}}

| dec = {{DEC|+01|22|34}}

| dist_ly =

| z = 1208 ± 5 km/s

| appmag_v = 11.5

| size_v = 4.9{{prime}} × 4.5{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = UGC 2210, PGC 10329

}}

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 nucleus.{{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

}}{{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 }}

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.[https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2013/localarm/ National Radio Astronomy Observatory Milky Way] 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 Ic, mag. 13.9) was discovered by Leonida Rosino on 23 November 1962,{{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

}} and independently by Enrique Chavira and Guillermo Haro.{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}1962L | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1962L | publisher = IAU | access-date=1 December 2024}}