Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4945  ·  NGC 4976  ·  The star ξ1Cen  ·  The star ξ2Cen  ·  ksi01 Cen  ·  ksi02 Cen
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NGC 4945 - LHaRGB  - Adding Ha to RGB and L data, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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NGC 4945 - LHaRGB - Adding Ha to RGB and L data

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NGC 4945 - LHaRGB  - Adding Ha to RGB and L data, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
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NGC 4945 - LHaRGB - Adding Ha to RGB and L data

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Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is seen edge-on near the center of this cosmic galaxy portrait. In fact, NGC 4945 is almost the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy. About 13 million light-years distant toward the expansive southern constellation Centaurus, NGC 4945 is only about six times farther away than Andromeda, the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. . Its obscured but active nucleus qualifies the gorgeous island universe as a Seyfert galaxy and home to a central supermassive black hole.

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68X300" RGB

18X500" L

25 X 600" H ALPHA

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NGC 4945 - LHaRGB  - Adding Ha to RGB and L data, Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

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