Wallpaper author:
Jared Greer
24 Dec 2025
Zoom into Great Barred Spiral Galaxy
The constellation Fornax hosts a variety of galaxy targets-none of which are more prominent than this one. NGC 1365 has probably the most pronounced central bar of any galaxy. Here, it is cropped in for all the details. There are two datasets combined: CHI-1 and CHI-3.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1365
3 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 53.4 Dec -36.14056
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Nov 2020 - 13 Dec 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 1h5m | 13 |
| Red | 369 | 1h20m | 13 |
| Green | 231 | 50m | 13 |
| Blue | 300 | 1h | 12 |