Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sculptor (Scl)  ·  Contains:  HD9693  ·  NGC 613
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NGC 613 in LRGB, gmadkat
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NGC 613 in LRGB

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NGC 613 in LRGB

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NGC 613 is a barred spiral galaxy.It lies 65 million light-years away in the constellation of  Sculptor. NGC 613's core looks bright and uniformly white in this image as a result of the combined light shining from the high concentration of stars packed into the core, but lurking at the centre of this brilliance lies a monstrous black hole at the heart of NGC 613. Its mass is estimated at about ten times that of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole and it is consuming stars, gas and dust. The galaxy has numerous prominent dust lanes and star forming regions.

Imaged in LRGB on the Planewave CDK 1000 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image data and calibration: Thank you to Mike Selby at throughlightandtime.com.

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