Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 | James Webb Space Telescope

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 | James Webb Space Telescope

Judy Schmidt: "Dusty, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365. Interestingly, the dust bar is not nearly as prominent as it is in visible light. In the center is a modest active galactic nucleus (AGN). The circumnuclear dust is also quite striking. This time, I was happy to receive the PHANGS team's reduction of the data. Makes it much easier because their mosaic was much better matched and aligned."

Distance: about 56 million light-years

Technical details:

Red (screen layer mode): MIRI F2100W

Orange: MIRI F1130W

Cyan: MIRI F770W

Extra overall brightness in grayscale: MIRI F1000W

North is not up.

Credit: NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)/Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)/Canadian Space Agency (CSA)/J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team

Processing: Judy Schmidt

Release Date: August 15, 2022

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