FORTIS Will Focus on Galaxy NGC 1365 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

FORTIS Will Focus on Galaxy NGC 1365

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FORTIS will focus on galaxy NGC 1365, otherwise known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy. By examining specific wavelengths of absorption and emission, scientists will use FORTIS' data to quantify the amounts of materials flowing in and out of the galaxy.

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Credits: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/ R. Gendler, J-E. Ovaldsen, C. Thöne, and C. Feron

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