Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1365
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NGC1365, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, Reggie
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NGC1365, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy

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NGC1365, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, Reggie
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NGC1365, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy

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NGC1365 in Fornax.

This bright, 10th magnitude galaxy is one of the finest of its class, and is visible in an 8-inch telescope. The galaxy has a well-defined 4' long E-W bar, with a bright core at its center. The core is a bright oval about 50" x 40", with a sharp stellar nucleus. The wispy spiral arms curve north and south from the ends of the bar, gradually tapering to points, and form a rounded Z-shaped halo. Traces of dust lanes can be glimpsed along the major axis. A magnitude 13.5 star is at the point of the northern arm 1.5' NW of the galaxy's center.

This is a LRGB image.
Imaged from my backyard.
ASIAIR, AZEQ6 , Sharpstar SCA260 , ASI2600MM, Antlia RGB filters.
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Bortle 6

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