Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1365
NGC 1365, Nicholas Jones
NGC 1365
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Description

NGC 1365 would have to be the best barred galaxy available to us in the southern hemisphere. This object lies in the Fornax constellation, an area of the sky rich with galaxies.

Acquisition location:

Little Desert National Park during the VicSouth 2015 event.

Scope: Takahashi FS-128 mm refractor, focal length 1040mm

Camera: QSI583 WSG with a Loadstar X2 off axis guider

Acquisition: 10 x 6 mins RGB

Mount: Astro-Physics 1100gto

Camera cooling: -20c

Image scale 1.07"/pixels

Processed with CCDStack 2.0

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NGC 1365, Nicholas Jones