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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365
Many spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have a bar across their centers. NGC 1365, a member of the Fornax Cluster, has a particularly prominent one. The persistence and motion of this bar suggest relatively massive spiral arms. Bright young blue stars and dark dust lanes also indicate a strong, rotating density wave of star formation within the galaxy.
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In tropical astrology, 19 MAY 1997 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 MAY 1997.