NGC 1365
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent magnitude (V)
| +9.5
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! style="text-align:left;" | Apparent dimensions (V)
| 9.8' × 5.5'
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! style="text-align:left;" | Constellation
| Fornax
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: #30D5C8; text-align: center;" | Physical characteristics
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! style="text-align:left;" | Radius
| 157,800 ly
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! style="text-align:left;" | Absolute magnitude (V)
| 13.9
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! style="text-align:left;" | Notable features
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! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Other designations
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|} NGC 1365 (nicknamed Great Barred Spiral Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The galaxy recedes from Earth at a speed of 1632 km/s. NGC 1365 has a diameter of 160,000 light-years, making it a large galaxy in the Fornax cluster. It rotates clockwise as seen from Earth. Supernovae 2001du, 1983V, and 1957C were observed in NGC 1365.
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