Just thought I would put up a little eye candy before I go off to work. Have a great day.
2007 March 28
Credit & Copyright:SSRO-South (R.Gilbert,D.Goldman,J.Harvey,D.Verschatse) - PROMPT (D.Reichart)
Explanation:Barredspiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majesticisland universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellationFornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studiedFornax galaxy cluster. This impressivelysharp color image shows intense star forming regions at the ends of the bar and along the spiral arms, as well as details of dust lanes cutting across the galaxy's bright core. At the core lies a supermassive black hole. Astronomers think NGC 1365's prominent bar plays a crucial role in thegalaxy's evolution, drawing gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into thecentral black hole.
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