Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4945
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NGC4945, Göran Nilsson
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NGC4945

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NGC4945

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NGC 4945 (also known as Caldwell 83) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It 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 (Wikipedia).

This is LRGB data obtained through membership in Telescope Live at the El Sauce hosting facility at 1500m elevation in Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile. Lum and RGB data is 6 x 5min for each channel.

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NGC4945, Göran Nilsson