NGC 1427A
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NGC 1427A, also known as ESO 358-49, or ESO 358-G049, is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. Its distance modulus has been estimated using the globular cluster luminosity function to be
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1427A
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
NGC 1427A
…0.21 which is about 52 Mly. It is the brightest dwarf irregular member of the Fornax Cluster and is in the foreground of the cluster's central galaxy NGC 1399. NGC 1427A is over 20,000 light-years long and similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud. The resulting pressure is giving the galaxy its arrowhead outline…
NGC 1399 X-ray image of Chandra
VST image of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster