Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  Fornax A  ·  Fornax B  ·  NGC 1310  ·  NGC 1316  ·  NGC 1317  ·  NGC 1326

Image of the day 02/03/2021

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Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop, Interestar
Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop
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Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop

Image of the day 02/03/2021

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Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop, Interestar
Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop
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Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop

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Fornax A is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. It is a radio galaxy and at 1400 MHz is the fourth-brightest radio source in the sky.

The total integration time of this image is 27.3 hours. With a fast focal ratio, some very deep structures in this ripping galaxy are revealed. For example, you can see a loop clearly on the right side of the galaxy. There are also many dwarf galaxies in this image.

It seems like nobody in astrobin captured the loop structure on the right clearly before!

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Rip City Fornax A (NGC1316) with a faint loop, Interestar