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jbozeman | NGC 5643

NGC 5643 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Lupus. Based on the tip of the red-giant branch distance indicator, it is located at a distance of about 40 million light-years. NGC 5643 has an active galactic nucleus and is a type II Seyfert galaxy. Data from the James Webb Space Telescope MAST Portal. Release date: 2024-07-21 Camera: NIRCam Color Mapped: F335M - RED F300M - GREEN F150W - BLUE Processed with FITS Liberator, RegiStar, PixInsight and Photoshop 2024. Image & Description by jbozeman.