Tags: Galaxy.
NGC 1087 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in Cetus. The central bar/core is very small with many irregular features in the surrounding disk of material. With the many strange features of NGC 1087 its true nature is still uncertain. It has an extremely small nucleus and a very short stellar bar. Unlike most barred galaxies the bar apparently has some new star-formation taking place. There is a multiple spiral structure defined more by the dust lanes than by luminous matter.