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NGC 1316
Nov. 14, 2007
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NGC 1316
Nov. 14, 2007 |
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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. |
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/CTIO |
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