NGC 1350 measures roughly 130,000light years across: slightly larger than Earth's owngalaxy, theMilky Way. It is classified as anSa(r) galaxy, meaning that it is a spiral with arms wound tightly enough to form a prominent central ring. The faint outer ring (called a "pseudo-ring")[4] is sometimes added to the beginning of the classification with the designation "R'1."[1] NGC 1350 is seen on the outskirts of theFornax Cluster of galaxies, but its membership is uncertain due to distance.[2]
The image on the right is an almost-true color composite image made with theVLT's 8.2 meter Kueyen telescope on 26 Jan 2000, at theEuropean Southern Observatory site at Cerro Paranal, Chile. Observations were done at the following wavelengths (and assigned the following colors):B (blue) for 6 minutes,V (green) for 4 minutes,R (orange) for 3 minutes, andI (red) for 3 minutes. The image covers a region of 8.0 x 5.0arcminutes of sky. North is to the left and East is down.[2]
The viewing angle and the two rings make NGC 1350 look somewhat like a cosmic "eye." Another feature is the tenuous nature of the outer arms, through which a number of background galaxies can be seen. The outer region's blue tint indicates the presence ofstar formation.
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