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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2023 February 18   
      
                      Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb   
      Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Janice Lee (NOIRLab) - Processing: Alyssa   
                                   Pagan (STScI)   
      
      Explanation: A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern   
      constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy   
      about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own   
      barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space   
      Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of   
      this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view   
      stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the   
      galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network   
      of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral   
      arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the   
      gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's   
      evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and   
      ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central,   
      supermassive black hole.   
      
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