NGC 1365

Name: The"Fornax Propeller"or "Great barred spiral" Galaxy

Constellation:Fornax

Instrument: 8-inch F5 telescope and a Sky Watcher coma corrector and an ASI 2600 MC (gain 100 -20C)

Exposure time:16 Five-minute and 9 three-minute exposures.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

			AP#15 : NGC 1365
			Name: The"Fornax Propeller"or "Great barred spiral" Galaxy Constellation:Fornax Instrument: 8-inch F5 telescope and a Sky Watcher coma corrector and an ASI 2600 MC (gain 100 -20C) Exposure time:16 Five-minute and 9 three-minute exposures. Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html


	Magnitude: 10.3 Angular size: 11' X 6' This is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Fornax galaxy cluster. It is a difficult object to image from the northern United States because of its low declination (-36 degrees). That being said, it is a great target for imaging. Go to AP#16 NGC 1499 Return to AP100 main page.