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″
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…
© Vikas Chander All rights reserved Copyrights