Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4945  ·  The star ξ1Cen
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NGC4945, Patrick Dufour
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This vast edge-on barred spiral galaxy is located 13 million light years away and gets lost a bit among all these stars. However, it has many dark areas and regions rich in young stars which gives a real festival of colors. It is considered very similar to our Milky Way, but its particularly bright center suggests the presence of a supermassive black hole that devours matter and ejects energy into space.

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NGC4945, Patrick Dufour