Posted on Jan 8, 2021
APOD: 2021 January 8 - NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
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Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe." NGC 1365 is located in the southern constellation Fornax, and lies about 60 million light years from Earth. It is a barred-sprial galaxy and is anchored by a central black hole. NGC 1365 is the dominant member of the Fornax Cluster of Galaxies, in that more than 50 cepheid variable stars have been identified in its spiral arms. These stars are used to calibrate distance measurements to NGC 1365 and other galaxies that lie further away.
Fornax (Latin for furnace) was named in honor of French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794). He was the first to realize that oxygen was a critical component to combustion (as well as the formation of rust and creation of water). Lavoisier also had the misfortune of working for the French government in the office responsible for the collection of taxes. For this he was guillotined in 1794.
Fornax (Latin for furnace) was named in honor of French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794). He was the first to realize that oxygen was a critical component to combustion (as well as the formation of rust and creation of water). Lavoisier also had the misfortune of working for the French government in the office responsible for the collection of taxes. For this he was guillotined in 1794.
APOD: 2021 January 8 - NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, January 8, 2010 entitled "NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe."
Image: NGC 1365 - Majestic Island Universe - Image Credit & Copyright - Mike Selby, Leonardo Orazi
Interesting description: "a mere 60 million light-years away" and 'some 200,000 light-years across'
Looking pretty active for a 60 million or so year image :-)
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"Explanation: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax Cluster of galaxies. This impressively sharp color image shows the intense, reddish star forming regions near the ends of central bar and along the spiral arms, with details of the obscuring 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 the galaxy's evolution, drawing gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the central black hole."
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Image: NGC 1365 - Majestic Island Universe - Image Credit & Copyright - Mike Selby, Leonardo Orazi
Interesting description: "a mere 60 million light-years away" and 'some 200,000 light-years across'
Looking pretty active for a 60 million or so year image :-)
APOD Background
"Explanation: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years across. Located a mere 60 million light-years away toward the chemical constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is a dominant member of the well-studied Fornax Cluster of galaxies. This impressively sharp color image shows the intense, reddish star forming regions near the ends of central bar and along the spiral arms, with details of the obscuring 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 the galaxy's evolution, drawing gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the central black hole."
Island Song · Zac Brown Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkizphsk8U
FYI Maj Robert Thornton COL Mikel J. BurroughsPO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SPC Michael Terrell MSG Andrew White SFC Chuck Martinez CPT (Join to see) SPC Randy ZimmermanSGT John " Mac " McConnell
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(R18): Where are you now? A question I asked myself the moment I woke up. Cast away, lost & found myself in a majestic place, an island, with a blue and gree...
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Good "R.E.D. Friday" Morning to my friend and Astronomy Enthusiast Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - Thanks brother for sharing the APOD Titled: "NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe" with us all this morning. You have a great day and super weekend Bill!
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