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Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi,
Angus Lau,
Tommy Tse
Explanation:
Named for the southern
constellation
toward which most of its galaxies can be found, the
Fornax
Cluster is one of the closest clusters of galaxies.
About 62 million light-years away, it is almost 20 times more
distant than our neighboring
Andromeda Galaxy, and
only about 10 percent farther than the better known and more
populated Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
Seen across this two degree wide field-of-view, almost every
yellowish splotch on the image is an elliptical galaxy in the
Fornax
cluster.
Elliptical galaxies
NGC 1399 and NGC 1404
are the dominant, bright cluster members toward the upper left
(but not the spiky foreground stars).
A standout barred spiral galaxy
NGC 1365
is visible on the lower right as a prominent Fornax cluster member.
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Publications with keywords: NGC 1365 - Fornax - cluster of galaxies
Publications with words: NGC 1365 - Fornax - cluster of galaxies
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