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Fornax A Galaxy

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NGC 1316 in Fornax

also designated Fornax A, is a lenticular galaxy, 60,000,000 light years distant. As captured here, Fornax A is in the process of devouring the smaller face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 1317 below it. 
Also seen around the larger Fornax A are faint tidal tails- wisps of stars torn from their original locations. The data was acquired at SSRO in 2016, and a different version was an APOD. 

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