Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1398
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NGC 1398 Galaxy (RC1m), Jean-Baptiste Auroux
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NGC 1398 Galaxy (RC1m)

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NGC 1398 Galaxy (RC1m), Jean-Baptiste Auroux
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NGC 1398 Galaxy (RC1m)

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NGC1398 is located 65 million light years away, in the constellation of Fornax. It's diameter is about 135,000 light years, slightly larger than our Milky Way.

The nucleus of this galaxy is surrounded by a ring ; and the whole galaxy is also surrounded by an outer ring.

Image made using the 1m telescope at Chilescope in LRGB-Ha.

This image was awarded:
AAPOD2 (9th April 2021)
- ApodGrag (3rd January 2021)
- Published in "Ciel & Espace" (Apr./May 2021).

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Description: Monochrome HDR version of Luminance layer

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Description: Comparision with 8m ESO's VLT image (downscaled to fit my image...)

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Description: Happy to see my image published in "Ciel & Espace" magazine ! :)

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Description: AAPOD² celebration ! (04/09/2021 - https://www.aapod2.com/blog/ngc-1398-galaxy)

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NGC 1398 Galaxy (RC1m), Jean-Baptiste Auroux