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The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

Copyright: Marcelo Rivera

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’s over 20 times more distant than our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, but only about 10 percent farther along than the better known and more populated Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Seen across this three 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 bottom center. A standout, large barred spiral galaxy, NGC 1365, is visible on the upper right as a prominent Fornax cluster member.

Courtesy of NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Maurice
Maurice
2 years ago

Extremely Beautiful! Universe has a lot of stars, galaxies, planets and so on.