Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  HD21208  ·  HD21221  ·  NGC 1316  ·  NGC 1317
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NGC 1316 and NGC 1317, Insight Observatory
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NGC 1316 and NGC 1317

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NGC 1316 and NGC 1317

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NGC 1316 (also known as 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.

NGC 1317 (also known as NGC 1318) is a barred spiral galaxy in constellation Fornax, in Fornax cluster.

Image processed by Utkarsh Mishra using image data from Insight Observatory's Astronomical Telescope for Educational Outreach remote telescope ATEO-3.

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NGC 1316 and NGC 1317, Insight Observatory

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