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| Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC1365 in Fornax This galaxy belongs to the group of "Barred Galaxies" (as our own galaxy too) however, this one also shows some extreme elongated and massive spiral arms making it such a spectacular appearance. The distance is about 56 million light years. If you want to know more about this Galaxy, click here. Unfortunately this is a b/w image, the color series will follow soon, I hope. To see the full resolution image, please click on the picture above. Imaging Technique: Image remotely taken using "GRAS-015" of Global Rent a Scope. Instrument: RCOS 10" (Aperture = 250mm; Focal Length = 1510 mm, f/6) Camera: SBIG ST-8XME; Field of view: 20.9'x31.3' Exposure: L = 4 x 300s CLEAR Filter; 1x1 bin Image size reduced to 50%, processing with CCDStack and Photoshop CS2. |