Deep-sky objects have some creative nicknames, but what’s up with the Deer Lick Group? In the 1980s, amateur astronomer Tom Lorenzin was observing in the mountains of North Carolina, at the Deerlick ...
NGC 1365 is identified as a prominent barred spiral galaxy, situated approximately 60 million light-years distant within the Fornax Cluster, the second-richest nearby galaxy grouping. Despite its ...