Fornax A and B Galaxies

Image Title: Fornax A

Copyright: vikas chander

Date image was taken: October 20, 2025

Location: Obstech, Chile.

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Fornax A and Fornax B are two distinct galaxies within the Fornax Cluster, a group of galaxies about 62 million light-years from Earth. While they appear close together in the sky, uncertainties in their distances mean they are not gravitationally interacting. Fornax A, or NGC 1316 is a massive lenticular galaxy, a type that is halfway between a spiral and an elliptical. Fornax B, or NGC 1317 on the other hand is a much smaller intermediate spiral galaxy…

Telescope: Planewave CDK 24 inch
Camera: Moravian C5A-100 mono
Filters : Chroma LRGBSHO
Mount: Planewave L-600
Observatory : Obstech

L = 208 x 120s
R= 208 x 120s
G= 207 x 120s
B= 202 x 120s
Oiii = 102 x 600s
Total integration = 44h30m
Software : NINA, PixInsight

Name: vikas chander

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