NGC 1317 - NGC 1318
DSS image of NGC 1317
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 1317, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 1317
Fornax B
h 2529, GC 698, MCG-06-08-006, ESO 357-23, PGC 12653

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11.02
Size  3.24' x 2.75' @ 55°
Right Ascension  3h 22' 44.3"  (2000)
Declination  37° 6' 13" S
Constellation  Fornax
Description  pB, pS, psbM
Classification  S0a:r
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%

Small, bright and obvious, a bright core in a 3' round halo, on the northern margin of the much larger and brighter NGC1316, an interacting pair.
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Nearby objects for NGC 1317
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NGC 1317