Galaxy NGC 1365

This colour image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a region in NGC 1365, a barred spiral galaxy located in a cluster of galaxies called Fornax.

Credit:

W. Freedman (Carnegie Observatories), the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project team, and NASA/ESA

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9621a1
Type:Observation
Release date:9 May 1996, 19:00
Size:1494 x 1516 px

About the Object

Name:NGC 1365
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distance:60 million light years
Constellation:Fornax
Category:Galaxies

Image Formats

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Classic Wallpapers

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Coordinates

Position (RA):3 33 45.61
Position (Dec):-36° 9' 14.40"
Field of view:2.48 x 2.52 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 130.9° left of vertical


Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Optical
V
555 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optical
Pseudogreen (B+I)
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Infrared
I
814 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
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