Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 1964, John Bozeman

NGC 1964

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 1964, John Bozeman

NGC 1964

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

NGC 1964 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Lepus. The galaxy lies 65 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its apparent dimensions, that NGC 1964 is approximately 100,000 light years across. At its center lies a supermassive black hole, with estimated mass 2.5 × 107 M☉. The galaxy features two tightly wound inner spiral arms within a disk with high surface brightness and two outer, more open spiral arms that originate near the inner ring. The outer arms feature few small HII regions.

Data from the Hubble Space Telescope MAST Portal. Release date: 2024-03-20

Camera: WFC3

Monochrome -F555W

Processed with FITS Liberator, GraXpert, PixInsight and Photoshop 2024.

Comments

Histogram

NGC 1964, John Bozeman