Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1365
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NGC 1365 The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, Tom Peter AKA Astrovetteman
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NGC 1365 The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy

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NGC 1365 The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, Tom Peter AKA Astrovetteman
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NGC 1365 The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy

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NGC 1365 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Fornax Cluster. It spreads over 200,000 light-years and is about 56,000,000 light-years from Earth. NGC 1365 is the dominant member of the Fornax Cluster. There are intense star framing regions at the ends of the bar and also along the spiral arms and very dense dust lanes cutting across the central core.

This data was taken with DSW's 17" PlaneWave/FLI ML16803, 60 subs LRGB @600s.

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Tom

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NGC 1365 The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, Tom Peter AKA Astrovetteman