NGC 4945
NGC 4945 is a barred spiral galaxy located 11.7 million light years away from the Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. It is visible near the stars Xi¹ Centauri and Xi² Centauri. It was discovered in 1826 by James Dunlop. It is similar to the Milky Way, but has an energetic Seyfert 2 nucleus that may have a supermassive black hole. The galaxy has a disk of dust, gas, and many star clusters.  It has a mass of about 1.4×10^11 .