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May 2015

NGC 1316 & 1317

NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax.
NGC 1316 is a radio galaxy. It is the fourth-brightest radio source in the sky.

NGC 1316 appears to be interacting with NGC 1317, a small spiral galaxy to the north. However, that small spiral galaxy does not appear to be sufficiently large enough to cause the distortions seen in the structure of this galaxy.

The galaxy distance is estimated at 62 MLY.(WIKI)

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.

Luminance for 3:00 HRS (BIN 1)

RGB 30 min per channel

Total of 4:30 hrs

Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia May 2015.

Apogee USB/Net

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