NGC 1365
DSS image of NGC 1365
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 1365, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 1365
h 2552, GC 731, MCG-06-08-026, VV 825, ESO358-G017, ESO 358-17, PGC 13179

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  9.63
Size  10.72' x 6.31' @ 5°
Right Ascension  3h 33' 36.5"  (2000)
Declination  36° 8' 27" S
Constellation  Fornax
Description  !! vB, vL, mE, rN
Classification  SB(s)b
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Nov 5, 2021    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A spectacular barred spiral, bright, large, 5' x 15' north-south, a bright 5' bar with a brighter stellar core runs east-west, the bar terminates in a pair of spiral arms that trail off the bar north and south

Andrew Cooper
Oct 14, 2012    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A georgeous barred spiral seen face-on, large, bright, a 1' nucleus at the center of a 5' bar, from each end of the bar sweep spiral arms at right angles to the bar, visible out another 5' easily, more with averted vision
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NGC 1365