Dates:Jan. 19, 2021
Frames: 164x600"
Integration: 27.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 6.15 days
Avg. Moon phase: 36.99%
Astrometry.net job: 4166160
RA center: 3h 22' 47"
DEC center: -37° 12' 21"
Pixel scale: 1.560 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 85.363 degrees
Field radius: 1.201 degrees
Resolution: 4524x3203
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
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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