Right ascension 03 33 36.4 Redshift 1636 ± 1 km/s Apparent size (V) 11′.2 × 6′.2 Magnitude 10.3 Apparent magnitude (V) 10.3 | Declination −36° 08′ 25″ Type (R')SBb(s)b Apparent mass ~390 billion M☉ | |
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Distance 56.2 ± 2.6 Mly (17.2 ± 0.8 Mpc) Similar | ||
Eso zooming into spiral galaxy ngc 1365 720p
NGC 1365, also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The core is an oval shape with an apparent size of about 50″ × 40″. The spiral arms extend in a wide curve north and south from the ends of the east-west bar and form an almost ring like Z-shaped halo. The central mass in active galactic nucleus rotates close to relativistic limit (the dimensionless spin parameter is larger than 0.84).
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- Eso zooming into spiral galaxy ngc 1365 720p
- Galaxy ngc 1365 visible infrared cross fade 720p
- References
Supernovae 2012fr, 2001du, 1983V, and 1957C were observed in NGC 1365.
In February 2013, observations using the NuSTAR satellite have found out that the central supermassive black hole of NGC 1365, measured to be about 2 million solar masses in mass, is spinning at almost the speed of light.
Galaxy ngc 1365 visible infrared cross fade 720p
