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NGC 1316

Is a massive lenticular galaxy at about 60 million light year away and has a diameter of 180,000 light years in the constellation Fornax.

It is also known as a strong radio galaxy under the name Fornax A.

 

 

To quote Douglas Adams “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that's just peanuts to space.”

 

 

Canon EOS 60D Ha Modified @ ISO 1600.

130x30 sec subs with calibration frames added.

Celestron C11 at f6.3.

Tracked on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 mount with no guiding.

Polar aligned : Polar Scope.

Filter : None.

Acquisition : Intervalometer.

Imaged from suburbia.

Processed in APP and finished off in LR.

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Uploaded on October 29, 2023