A Giant Seyfert in Foarnax (Geoff Healey)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Eridanus (Eri) · Contains: NGC 1365 · NGC 1369 · NGC 1386 · NGC 1389

A Giant Seyfert in Foarnax, Geoff Healey

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A Giant Seyfert in Foarnax

NGC1365 is a giant Seyfert type galaxy in Fornax with a diameter of 200,000 light years. It is arguably the most prominent barred spiral in the sky. The bar rotates clockwise with velocities in the nucleus of 2000 km/sec resulting in one rotation in 350 million years. The knots seen along the bar are areas of intense star formation which occurs because the bar funnels material into this area to trigger star formation. It is thought that the nucleus contains a super massive black hole among the dust lanes visible in the image. It lies around 56 million light years from us. There are many smaller galaxies in the image with the significant others being NGC1369 in the upper right. NGC 1369 is a spiral galaxy situated in nearby constellation of Eridanus and is around 65 million light years away. Lower down is NGC1386, this is a spiral galaxy also located in the constellation Eridanus and about 53 million light years away. Below those is NGC1389 a spiral galaxy in Eridanus at a distance of 62 million light years. Courtesy wiki and NOIRlab.com

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