#ngc 1365

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb ©

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The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, NGC 1365 // Sergey Trudolyubov

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Nebularomantic flag colorpicked from NGC 1365, a galaxy with a region of rapid star formation and a supermassive black hole at its center

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Infrared Double-Barred Spiral

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NGC 1365

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NGC 1365 and a Supernova This beautiful galaxy lies about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. In 2012, a type 1A supernova was observed in this galaxy, and you can see that explosion in this shot. The intense, blue supernova adds to the charm of this already picturesque galaxy.

Astronomers said that the supernova reached its peak on November 10, 2012, with an R magnitude of 11.90. To get an idea of how bright it is, scientists calculate the absolute magnitude M of the supernova using the following formula where m is the apparent magnitude and D the distance in parsecs: M = m – 5(log10(D) – 1). This gives an absolute magnitude of -19.27 for this supernova. This means that if the supernova had occurred at a distance from us comparable to the star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, its apparent magnitude would be -12.80, the same as the full Moon. -JMP Information Source(s): http://www.universetoday.com/98434/new-bright-and-blue-supernova-in-ngc-1365/#ixzz2C7A92IfZ http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2012/sn2012fr.html http://astrobob.areavoices.com/tag/ngc-1365/ Image Credit: Rolf W. Olsen

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NGC 1365 - Barred Spiral Galaxy

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC1365

About this image

NGC1365 is a giant Seyfert type galaxy in Fornax with a diameter of 200,000 light years. It is arguably the most prominant barred spiral in the sky. The bar rotates clockwise with velocities in the nucleus of 2000 km/sec resulting in one rotation in 350 million years. The knots seen along the bar are areas of intense star formation which occurs because the bar funnels material into this area to trigger star formation. It is thought that the nucleus contains a super massive black hole among the dust lanes visible in the image.

credit line: SSRO/PROMPT and NOAO/AURA/NSF

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