Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  Fornax A  ·  Fornax B  ·  NGC 1316  ·  NGC 1317
NGC 1316, Mark Sansom
NGC 1316
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NGC 1316

NGC 1316, Mark Sansom
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NGC 1316

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Is a massive lenticular galaxy at about 60 million light year away and has a  diameter of 180,000 light years in the constellation Fornax.
It is also known as a strong radio galaxy under the name Fornax A.

To quote Douglas Adams “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that's just peanuts to space.”

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