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Fornax A

NGC 1316

Telescope : Planewave CDK 24

Camera : Moravian C5A-100

Mount : Planewave L-600

Focal length : 3974mm

Fov : 38 x 29 arcmins

Image Scale : 0.39 arcsec/pixel

Observatory : Obstech Chile

Filters: Chroma

L 208x2m R 208x2m G 207x2m B 202x2m

Oiii 102x10m

Integration: 44h30m

RA:  3h 22m 40s

Dec : -37° 12 36

cdk 600

Fornax A and Fornax B are two distinct galaxies within the Fornax Cluster, a group of galaxies about 62 million light-years from Earth. While they appear close together in the sky, uncertainties in their distances mean they are not gravitationally interacting. Fornax A, or NGC 1316 is a massive lenticular galaxy, a type that is halfway between a spiral and an elliptical. Fornax B, or NGC 1317 on the other hand is a much smaller intermediate spiral galaxy…

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