2024年02月01日:NGC 1365：壮丽的宇宙岛-（NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe）--原图下载
Image Credit &Copyright: Processing -Jean-Baptiste Auroux,Data -Mike Selby
说明: 宏伟美丽的棒旋星系NGC1365，是个跨幅约200,000光年的宇宙岛。近在天炉座方向6千万光年处的NGC 1365，是备受研究的天炉座 星系团里，最具主宰性的成员星系之一。在这幅清晰的彩色影像里，可以看到在核心棒的末端和螺旋臂上，都有活跃的恒星形成区，而切过星系明亮核心的尘埃带，其细微的结构也都清楚可辨。此星系的核心则藏着一颗超大质量黑洞。天文学家认为NGC 1365醒目的星系棒，在星系演化里扮演着很关键的角色，它吸引气体和尘埃聚成恒星形成区，并提供物质餵食位在星系核心的黑洞。
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Image Credit &Copyright: Processing -Jean-Baptiste Auroux,Data -Mike Selby
Explanation: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majesticisland universe some 200,000light-years across.Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the faint but heatedconstellationFornax,NGC 1365 is adominant member of the well-studiedFornaxCluster of galaxies.Thissharp color imageshows the intense, reddish star forming regions near theends of the galaxy's central bar and along its spiral arms.Seen in fine detail, obscuring dust lanes cutacross the galaxy's bright core.At the core lies a supermassive black hole.Astronomers thinkNGC 1365'sprominent bar plays a crucial role in thegalaxy's evolution,drawing gas and dustinto a star-forming maelstromand ultimately feeding material into thecentral black hole.
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