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Fornax Propeller Galaxy

NGC 1365

Telescope : Planewave CDK 24

Camera : Moravian C5A-100

Mount : Planewave L-600

Focal length : 3974mm

Fov : 38 x 29 arcmins

Image Scale : 0.39 arcsec/pixel

Observatory : Obstech Chile

Filters: Chroma

 L 101x300s 32x300s G 32x300s B 32x300s

Ha 102x300s

Integration: 24h55m

RA:  3h 33m 35s

Dec :  -36° 8 27

cdk 600

NGC 1365, also known as the Fornax Propeller Galaxy or the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, is a double-barred spiral galaxy about 56 million light-years away from us in the constellation of Fornax. Including its two outer spiral arms, it spreads over around 300,000 light-years across. Barred galaxies of this type have come to more prominence in recent years with new observations indicating that our Milky Way could also be a barred spiral galaxy.

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