Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4945  ·  NGC 4976  ·  The star ξ1Cen  ·  The star ξ2Cen
NGC 4945 [DSS], Giuseppe Donatiello
NGC 4945 [DSS]
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NGC 4945 [DSS]

NGC 4945 [DSS], Giuseppe Donatiello
NGC 4945 [DSS]
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NGC 4945 [DSS]

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Image credit: DSS - POSS-II (*) / Giuseppe Donatiello

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute under U.S. Government grant NAG W-2166. The images of these surveys are based on photographic data obtained using the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Palomar Mountain and the UK Schmidt Telescope. The plates were processed into the present compressed digital form with the permission of these institutions

(*) The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.

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NGC 4945 [DSS], Giuseppe Donatiello