Lampshade Galaxy (A1-0)

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.