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Galaxy NGC1365
NGC 1365, also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax.
In February 2013, observations using the NuSTAR satellite have found out that the central supermassive black hole of NGC 1365, measured to be about 2 million solar masses in mass, is spinning at almost the speed of light.
Capture details: 411 x 30 seconds, GSO 10" F4 Newtonian, Baader MPCC MKIII, HEQ5 Pro unguided, Pentax K-5 over a couple of nights in the cloud gaps.
There are lots of fainter galaxies surrounding the area. Image is getting noisy as the night time temps climb here in the tropics.
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