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NGC 1316
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 432 inbound references to NGC 1316, and connects out to list of stars in Fornax, list of NGC objects (1001–2000) and Q14405105.
Vinony files it under Arp objects, Fornax and Fornax Cluster.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 22.92
- Image
- The contrasting galaxies NGC 1316 and 1317.jpg
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- radial velocity
- 1767
- catalog code
- LEDA 12651
- time of discovery or invention
- 1826-09-02
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- Commons category
- NGC 1316
- redshift
- 0.005911
- apparent magnitude
- 7.66
- right ascension
- 50.6741208
- declination
- -37.2082000
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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.