Fornax Cluster
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The Fornax Cluster is a cluster of galaxies lying at a distance of 19 megaparsecs. It has an estimated mass of ×1013 solar masses, making it the second richest galaxy cluster within 100 million light-
VLT Survey Telescope image of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster
NGC 1399 galaxy by the HST; 2.76′ view.
NGC 1399
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NGC 1399 is a large elliptical galaxy in the Southern constellation Fornax, the central galaxy in the Fornax Cluster. The galaxy is 66 million light-years away from Earth. With a diameter of approxima
Fornax Cluster
…galaxy subgroup with the main galaxy group, which in turn lends clues about the associated galactic superstructure. At the centre of the cluster lies NGC 1399. Other cluster members include NGC 1316 (the group's brightest galaxy), NGC 1365, NGC 1427A, NGC 1427 and NGC 1404. Fornax can be divided into two…
NGC 1399 X-ray image of Chandra