Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4945
NGC 4945, Ruben Barbosa
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 4945

NGC 4945, Ruben Barbosa
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 4945

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

* Image acquisition by: Las Cumbres Observatory.

* Processing: Ruben Barbosa.

* Distance: 11.7 Mly.

NGC 4945 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, visible near the star Zeta Centauri.The galaxy was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and is thought to be similar to the Milky Way Galaxy, although X-ray observations show that NGC 4945 has an unusual energetic Seyfert 2 nucleus that might house a supermassive black hole.

NGC 4945 one of the brightest galaxies of the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a large, nearby group of galaxies. The galaxy is the second brightest galaxy in the subgroup centered on Centaurus A.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 4945, Ruben Barbosa

In these collections

2. Galaxies