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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC
4945
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| Type | Galaxy (type SB) |
| Position | 13 05 28, -49 28 06 |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303E and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | LRGB image with Luminance = 110 minutes Red = Green = Blue = 100 minutes using Astrodon filters |
| Description | NGC 4945 is a rather chaotic looking barred spiral galaxy in Centaurus discovered by James Dunlop in 1826. It's one of the brightest galaxies in the Centaurus A/M 83 group. Given its low galactic latitude it is much obscured by dust giving it a distinctive reddish colour. The obscuration is estimated to be about 1 magnitude. The distance is about 11.7 million light years, the apparent magnitude is 9.3 and the apparent size is 20 x 3.8 arcminutes. |