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| image =
| designation =[[NGC]] 1365
| rightascension =03<sup>h</sup> 33<sup>m</sup> 36.4<sup>s</sup>
| declination =-36° 08′ 25″
| distance =56.2 million ly<ref name=constellation-guide>[http://www.constellation-guide.com/ngc-1365-great-barred-spiral-galaxy/ NGC 1365: Great Barred Spiral Galaxy] from constellation-guide.com</ref><ref>[http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+1365&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES NGC 1365] from NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database</ref>
| constellation =[[Fornax]]
| type =[[Spiral galaxy]]
| dimensions =11.2x6.2'<ref name=constellation-guide/>
| magnitude =Apparent Mag: +10.3<ref name=constellation-guide/><br/>Absolute Mag: -21.6<ref>[https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.31-mar83/messenger-no31-5-7.pdf The Galaxy NGC 1365] from eso.org</ref>
| redshift =0.005476<ref name=simbad>[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+1365&submit=submit+id NGC 1365] from simbad.u-strasbg.fr</ref>
| radvelocity =1,636±1 km/s<ref name=constellation-guide/><ref name=simbad/>
| propmotion =
| parallax =
}}
The '''NGC 1365'''also referred to as the '''Great Barred Spiral Galaxy''' or PGC 13179, is a barred [[spiral galaxy]] situated in the [[constellation]] of [[Fornax]].<ref name=constellation-guide/> A giant Seyfert-type galaxy, it is the largest spiral galaxy in Fornax with a [[diameter]] twice that of the [[Milky Way]], some 200,000 [[light year]]s.<ref name=constellation-guide/> It is perhaps the best example of a barred spiral galaxy in the night sky.
==Environment and Structure==
NGC 1365 possesses a large bar-like core with two well defined spiral arms, making the galaxy look like the letter "z".<ref name=constellation-guide/> The galaxy's core rotates at around 2,000 km/s so that it would have a period of 350 million years.<ref>[https://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1034.html NGC 1365] from noao.edu</ref> Recently in 2013, scientists measured the rotation speed of a massive object at the centre of the galaxy, thought to be a supermassive [[black hole]].<ref name=constellation-guide/> If so, the surface of the black hole would be moving at 84% the speed of light. Four [[supernova]]e have occurred in the NGC 1365 galaxy.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Galaxies}}
[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Galaxies]]
| image =
| designation =[[NGC]] 1365
| rightascension =03<sup>h</sup> 33<sup>m</sup> 36.4<sup>s</sup>
| declination =-36° 08′ 25″
| distance =56.2 million ly<ref name=constellation-guide>[http://www.constellation-guide.com/ngc-1365-great-barred-spiral-galaxy/ NGC 1365: Great Barred Spiral Galaxy] from constellation-guide.com</ref><ref>[http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+1365&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES NGC 1365] from NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database</ref>
| constellation =[[Fornax]]
| type =[[Spiral galaxy]]
| dimensions =11.2x6.2'<ref name=constellation-guide/>
| magnitude =Apparent Mag: +10.3<ref name=constellation-guide/><br/>Absolute Mag: -21.6<ref>[https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.31-mar83/messenger-no31-5-7.pdf The Galaxy NGC 1365] from eso.org</ref>
| redshift =0.005476<ref name=simbad>[http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+1365&submit=submit+id NGC 1365] from simbad.u-strasbg.fr</ref>
| radvelocity =1,636±1 km/s<ref name=constellation-guide/><ref name=simbad/>
| propmotion =
| parallax =
}}
The '''NGC 1365'''also referred to as the '''Great Barred Spiral Galaxy''' or PGC 13179, is a barred [[spiral galaxy]] situated in the [[constellation]] of [[Fornax]].<ref name=constellation-guide/> A giant Seyfert-type galaxy, it is the largest spiral galaxy in Fornax with a [[diameter]] twice that of the [[Milky Way]], some 200,000 [[light year]]s.<ref name=constellation-guide/> It is perhaps the best example of a barred spiral galaxy in the night sky.
==Environment and Structure==
NGC 1365 possesses a large bar-like core with two well defined spiral arms, making the galaxy look like the letter "z".<ref name=constellation-guide/> The galaxy's core rotates at around 2,000 km/s so that it would have a period of 350 million years.<ref>[https://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1034.html NGC 1365] from noao.edu</ref> Recently in 2013, scientists measured the rotation speed of a massive object at the centre of the galaxy, thought to be a supermassive [[black hole]].<ref name=constellation-guide/> If so, the surface of the black hole would be moving at 84% the speed of light. Four [[supernova]]e have occurred in the NGC 1365 galaxy.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Galaxies}}
[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Galaxies]]