NGC 1365 Great Barred Spiral Galaxy

The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy also known as NGC 1365 is located 56 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Fornax. The galaxy is roughly 200,000 light-years in diameter which is twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.

It is suspected that the gravitational field of the galaxy's central bar plays an important role in the galaxy's revolution. Dust and gas is funneled into the star forming region in the center which ultimately feeds material into the central supermassive black hole

Constellation Fornax

Distance about 62 million light-years from Earth

Size 12′ across in our sky