Image Of The Galaxy Nucleus Almost Looking Like A Whole Nother Galaxy
NGC 1512 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 38 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Horologium. The galaxy displays a double ring structure, with one ring around the galactic nucleus and another further out in the main disk.
Radius: 35,000 light years
Magnitude: 11.1
Redshift: 898 ± 3 km/s
Constellation: Horologium
Apparent magnitude (V): 11.1
Distance: 11.6 Mpc (38 Mly) h−1; 0.73