This is an interacting pair of galaxies and one of the most powerful radio sources in the sky known as Fornax A.
The dust lanes in NGC1316 are very rare for an elliptical galaxy. NGC1317 is a tight spiral.
LRGB image 60mL, 10m R, 10m G, 15m B RGB binned 2 X 2. C11 @f/6.
Clear skies
Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small
The dust lanes in NGC1316 are very rare for an elliptical galaxy. NGC1317 is a tight spiral.
LRGB image 60mL, 10m R, 10m G, 15m B RGB binned 2 X 2. C11 @f/6.
Clear skies
Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small
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