Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2022 January 29
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                       The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
     Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse

   Explanation: Named for the southern [5]constellation toward which most
   of its galaxies can be found, the [6]Fornax Cluster is one of the
   closest clusters of galaxies. About 62 million light-years away, it is
   almost 20 times more distant than our neighboring [7]Andromeda Galaxy,
   and only about 10 percent farther than the better known and more
   populated [8]Virgo Galaxy Cluster. Seen across this two degree wide
   field-of-view, almost every yellowish splotch on the image is an
   elliptical galaxy in the [9]Fornax cluster. Elliptical galaxies [10]NGC
   1399 and NGC 1404 are the dominant, bright cluster members toward the
   upper left (but not the spiky foreground stars). A standout barred
   spiral galaxy [11]NGC 1365 is visible on the lower right as a prominent
   Fornax cluster member.

                    Tomorrow's picture: miasma of plasma
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2201/FornaxC1_FB.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.glitteringlights.com/
   5. https://earthsky.org/constellations/fornax-the-furnace-galaxy-hubble-ultra-deep-field/
   6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornax_cluster
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130927.html
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110422.html
   9. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/for.html
  10. https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2126/
  11. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/ngc1365/
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  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
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