The Stunning NGC 1365

NGC 1365 is a spectacular barred spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. It’s famous for its dramatic central bar, which funnels gas toward the core and fuels intense star formation. At its heart lies an active supermassive black hole, making NGC 1365 not just beautiful but dynamic.

Stacked and processed in PixInsight

- GraxPert

- Spectrophotometric Color Calibration

- Spectrophotometric Flux Calibration

- BlurXterminator

- StarXterminator

- NoiseXterminator

- ArcSinStretch

- Curves with masks for localized adjustments

- Local Histogram Transformation (2 passes at 120 and 20 kernel radius)

- Color Saturation

- SetiAstro Star Stretch (on star layer)

- Recombined stars and starless with PixelMath

- Minor colour balance and boosts in Photoshop