NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years (18.4 million parsecs) away in the constellation Fornax. It is a radio galaxy and at 1400 MHz is the fourth-brightest radio source in the sky.

NGC1316是位于 天炉座星系团，距地球约7500万光年。 红移为1760 ± 10 km/s。 NGC 1316很不寻常，因为它具有 椭圆星系 的大小和形状，但是它也具有几乎是 螺旋星系 专利的尘埃带的银盘。 这些特征有可能来自它和另一个星系，数十亿年来相互作用影响的结果。 最近 天文学家 一直在侦测NGC 1316内的新星爆发，并且发现NGC 1316内的新星出现率超乎意外的高，11天出现了4颗。 为什么 天文学家 对新星这么有兴趣呢？ 因为新星是起源自白矮星的一种爆发现象，而且会有 …

NGC 1316 是 天炉座 的一個 透鏡星系。 在1億年前，開始吞食一個鄰近較小的螺旋星系 NGC 1317。 至少有兩種方法被 天文學家 用來估算NGC1316的距離：2003年的表面亮度波動（SBF）和2006年的行星狀星雲光度函數（PNLF） [3]。 天文學家使用SBF計算出的距離估計值為20.0±1.6Mpc。 使用PNLF定位了45個 行星狀星雲 候選體，距離估計為17.9 +0.8. −0.9 Mpc [3]。 兩次距離測量的平均值估計為62.0±2.9Mly (19.0±0.9Mpc)。 ^ 跳转到： 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 …

2005年3月31日 · Like dust bunnies that lurk in corners and under beds, surprisingly complex loops and blobs of cosmic dust lie hidden in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316. This image made from data obtained with the NASA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy that give evidence that it was formed from a past ...

2005年3月31日 · NGC 1316, also known as Fornax A, is one of the strongest and largest radio sources in the sky, with radio lobes extending over several degrees of sky (well off the Hubble image). NGC 1316's violent history is evident in various ways. Wide-field imagery from Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile shows a bewildering variety of ripples ...

NGC 1316 is a diffuse elliptical (type cD) galaxy, located on the outskirts of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, about 4° from the centre. Also known as Fornax A it is the third-nearest radiobright galaxy after NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) and M 87. It shows prominent radio lobe spanning 33'.

NGC 1316 是 天爐座 的一個 透鏡星系。 在1億年前，開始吞食一個鄰近較小的螺旋星系 NGC 1317。 至少有兩種方法被 天文學家 用來估算NGC1316的距離：2003年的表面亮度波動（SBF）和2006年的行星狀星雲光度函數（PNLF） [3]。 天文學家使用SBF計算出的距離估計值為20.0±1.6Mpc。 使用PNLF定位了45個 行星狀星雲 候選體，距離估計為17.9 +0.8. −0.9 Mpc [3]。 兩次距離測量的平均值估計為62.0±2.9Mly (19.0±0.9Mpc)。 ^ 移至： 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 …

Inspection indicates that NGC 1316 is an enormous elliptical galaxy that somehow includes dark dust lanes usually found in a spiral galaxy. Detailed images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows details, however, that help in reconstructing the history of this gigantic tangle.

2022年5月17日 · Investigations indicate that NGC 1316 is an enormous elliptical galaxy that started, about 100 million years ago, to devour a smaller spiral galaxy neighbor, NGC 1317, just on the upper right. Supporting evidence includes the dark dust lanes characteristic of a spiral galaxy, and faint swirls and shells of stars and gas visible in this wide and ...

2008年3月23日 · Like dust bunnies that lurk in corners and under beds, surprisingly complex loops and blobs of cosmic dust lie hidden in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316. This image made from data obtained with the NASA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy that give evidence that it was formed from a past ...