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[[File:The Lampshade Galaxy.jpg|thumb|600x600px|'''Picture of the Lampshade Galaxy taken from above the Galactic Plane.'''<small>''SpaceEngine image of NGC 1483.''</small>]]The '''Lampshade Galaxy''' (IPA: /læmp.ʃeɪd/) is the giant barred spiral galaxy in which [[Sector A1-0 (A1-0)|Sector A1-0]] is located. Lampshade has a D<sub>25</sub> isophotal diameter of approximately 87.38 kiloparsecs (285.000 light years), and is thought to contain approximately 570 billion stars with an estimated virial mass of 1.875×10<sup>12</sup> standard stellar masses''.''
The '''Lampshade Galaxy''' (IPA: /læmp.ʃeɪd/), also known as '''NGC 1483''', '''J03524760-4728390''', or '''HIPASS''', is a giant barred spiral galaxy with the diameter of about approximately 87.38 kiloparsecs or 285000 light years.  


The Lampshade Galaxy has a virial mass of approximately 1.875 × 10¹² standard stellar masses.
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Picture of the Lampshade Galaxy taken from above the Galactic Plane.SpaceEngine image of NGC 1483.

The Lampshade Galaxy (IPA: /læmp.ʃeɪd/) is the giant barred spiral galaxy in which Sector A1-0 is located. Lampshade has a D25 isophotal diameter of approximately 87.38 kiloparsecs (285.000 light years), and is thought to contain approximately 570 billion stars with an estimated virial mass of 1.875×1012 standard stellar masses.