Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365: Infrared View | ESO’s HAWK-I

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365: Infrared View | ESO’s HAWK-I

This striking new image, taken with the powerful HAWK-I infrared camera on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory in Chile, shows NGC 1365. This beautiful barred spiral galaxy is part of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, and lies about 60 million light-years from Earth. 

The picture was created from images taken through Y, J, H and K filters and the exposure times were 4, 4, 7 and 12 minutes respectively.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/P. Grosbøl

Release Date: September 22, 2010

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