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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
NASA ^ | Saturday, June 11, 2016 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 06/12/2016 6:37:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: 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 is almost 20 times more distant than our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, and only about 10 percent farther than the better known and more populated Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Seen across this two degree wide field-of-view, almost every yellowish splotch on the image is an elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster. A standout barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is visible on the lower right as a prominent Fornax cluster member. The spectacular image was taken by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory.

Saturday, June 11, 2016

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: andromedagalaxy; apod; astronomy; fornaxcluster; ngc1365; science; virgogalaxycluster
[Image Credit: European Southern Observatory; Acknowledgment: Aniello Grado and Luca Limatola ]

1 posted on 06/12/2016 6:37:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; disndat; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
The Big One

2 posted on 06/12/2016 6:38:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Galaxies like grains of sand... (Brian Aldiss)


3 posted on 06/12/2016 6:39:46 AM PDT by Noumenon ("Objects in history may be closer than they appear")
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To: SunkenCiv

Nice view of the spiral at the bottom of the photo.


4 posted on 06/12/2016 6:54:46 AM PDT by xp38
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