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Related: About this forumNGC 1365 the great barred spiral galaxy
i used 9 hours of data from a telescope.live remote observatory in chile which i then processed using software called pixinsight.
heh galaxy itself is 56 million light years away. it is estimated to be 2x the size of the milky way but its though the MW has the same general shape as it.
the galaxy contains a massive black hole at the center
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NGC 1365 the great barred spiral galaxy (Original Post)
moonshinegnomie
Jul 2023
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MichMan
(13,657 posts)1. Why did you post it 5 times?
FSogol
(46,777 posts)2. It is so far away it takes the post 5 times as long to get here.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)3. So you can see it spinning
moonshinegnomie
(2,926 posts)4. DU glitch
i tried posting it and it appeared to not post. tried a few times before i gave up and came back a little while later and all my attempts had posted. I deleted all the others
2naSalit
(93,807 posts)5. Beautiful!
Judi Lynn
(162,595 posts)6. Mesmerizing!