NGC1964 Spiral Galaxy in Lepus the Hare

NGC1964 Barred Spiral Galaxy Credit : COAST automatic autonomous telescope - telescope.org - Open University - image by Kurt Thrust

Heat Map -NGC1964 Barred Spiral Galaxy Credit : COAST automatic autonomous telescope - telescope.org - Open University - image by Kurt Thrust

"NGC1964 is the main galaxy in the NGC1964 Group. It is approximately 100,000 light years across and is some 65million light years distant in the constellation Lepus the Hare. At the centre of the galaxy is a super massive black hole with an estimated mass of 2.5 x 10^7 the mass of our Sun.
The galaxy has two tightly wound inner spiral arms within a disk with high surface brightness and two outer, more open spiral arms that originate near the inner ring. The outer arms have a few small H11 areas." - Kurt Thrust -acting CEO and current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.