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Title: The Great Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 1365) is a double-barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Fornax. The galaxy has an active galactic nucleus (AGN) due to a supermassive black hole that is thought to be about 2 million solar masses. This image was acquired as a series of 125 5-minute exposures (10 hours) using red, green, and blue filters. The telescope was a Planewave 20” corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph, f/4.4 on a Planewave Ascension 200HR mount situated in Australia. The camera was a FLI ProLine PL09000 CCD, with Astrodon filters. The images were processed using PixInsight, Photoshop, and Topaz Labs Adjust AI and DeNoise AI.