NGC 1316
DSS image of NGC 1316
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 1316, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 1316
Fornax A
h 2527, For A, GC 697, MCG-06-08-005, Arp 154, ESO 357-22, PGC 12651

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  8.53
Size  13.18' x 8.32' @ 50°
Right Ascension  3h 22' 41.8"  (2000)
Declination  37° 12' 30" S
Constellation  Fornax
Description  vB, cL, vlE, vsvmbMN
Classification  E
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Nov 5, 2021    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Big, bright and obvious, 10' in diameter, round, a briliant stellar core with an extended halo that fades into the background, NGC1317 visible on the northern margin, an interacting pair
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NGC 1316