NGC 1316 · Galaxy · Fornax

Fornax A

Also known as ESO 357-022 · PGC 12651

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Fornax

Position (J2000)

3h 22m 42s · −37° 12′ 30″

Discovered

by James Dunlop in 1826

Pictures

1

Magnitude

8.48

visual

Size

13.5′ × 7.7′

Distance

~66,000,000 ly

Best months

Oct–Dec

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.