NGC 1316
galex_glx2007-05f_img05 November 14th, 2007
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CTIO
This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 1316, located about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The elliptical-shaped galaxy may be in the late stages of merging with a smaller companion galaxy.
Blue represents ultraviolet light captured by the telescope's long-wavelength detector. Green shows ultraviolet light from the short-wavelength detector, and red shows red visible light from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile.
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer data was taken in December 2003.
Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Image Source: /image/galex/glx2007-05f_img05
Curator: Galaxy Evolution Explorer
- ID
- glx2007-05f_img05
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.3.
- Subject Name
- NGC 1316
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/CTIO
- Release Date
- 2007-11-14
- Lightyears
- 62,000,000
- Redshift
- 62,000,000
- Reference Url
- /image/galex/glx2007-05f_img05
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
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- Equinox
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- FITS Header
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- Creator (Curator)
- Galaxy Evolution Explorer
- URL
- http://www.galex.caltech.edu
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- Publisher
- Galaxy Evolution Explorer
- Publisher ID
- galex
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- /image/galex/glx2007-05f_img05
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-04-12T00:45:08Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
