NGC 1097 is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. Three supernovae (SN 1992bd, SN1999eu, & SN2003B) have been observed in NGC 1097 (as of 2006).
NGC 1097 is also a Seyfert Galaxy, with jet shooting from the core. Like most galaxies, NGC 1097 has a supermassive black hole at its center. Around the central black hole is a ring of star-forming regions with network of gas and dust the spirals from the ring to the black hole.
NGC 1097 has two sattelite galaxies. NGC 1097A is the larger of the two. It is a peculiar elliptical galaxy that orbits 42.000 light-years from the center of NGC 1097. NGC 1097B is the outermost one and not much is known about that. 
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