Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  HD113484  ·  HD113739  ·  HD113767  ·  NGC 4945
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NGC 4945, Mathieu Guinot
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NGC 4945

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NGC 4945

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The beautiful NGC 4945 (also known as Caldwell 83) is a barred spiral galaxy located about 13 millions light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. It is almost the size of our own Milky Way galaxy, and  it is one of the brightest galaxies of the Centaurus A/M83 group, a large and nearby group of galaxies.
NGC 4945 has an unusual energetic Seyfert 2 nucleus that might house a supermassive black hole. Around the nucleus, there is a dense disk of dust and gas, along with many dense star clusters.

Data set from Telescope Live taken at El Sauce Observatory from 2021/04/09 to 2022/04/01.

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NGC 4945, Mathieu Guinot