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                               2018 December 28
                                      [2]
                      NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
                  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Martin Pugh

Explanation: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe
[4]  some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years
away toward the chemical constellation Fornax [5] , NGC 1365 is a dominant
member [6]  of the well-studied Fornax galaxy cluster [7] . This impressively
sharp color image [8]  shows intense star forming regions at the ends of the
bar and along the spiral arms, and details of dust lanes cutting across the
galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole. Astronomers
think NGC 1365's [9] prominent bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's
evolution [10] , drawing gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and
ultimately feeding material into the central black hole [11] .

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