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NGC 1316
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax
Key facts
- Constellation
- Fornax
- Right ascension
- 03 22 41.7
- Declination
- −37 ° 12 ′ 30 ″
- Redshift
- 1760 ± 10 km/ s
- Distance
- 62.0 ± 2.9 Mly (19.0 ± 0.9 Mpc )
- Type
- (R')SAB(s)0
- Size
- ~333,000 ly (101.89 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 12′.0 × 8′.5
- Notable features
- Very bright at radio 1.4 GHz
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years (18.4 million parsecs) away in the constellation Fornax. It is a radio galaxy and at 1400 MHz the fourth-brightest radio source in the sky. It was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 2 September 1826.
Structure and formation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 1316” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.