Ngc 1316/1317

[rat156]

Hi All,

A surprisingly rarely imaged galaxy pair in Fornax.

Luminance only, might not bother with the RGB as the field is quite monochrome anyway.

Almost 10 hours of 5 and 10 minute subs.

Larger version here (http://www.astrobin.com/141354/)

Cheers
Stuart

[SkyViking]

A beautiful image of the fascinating Fornax A, nicely done! Not many amateur images exist of this one as you say. It has some intriguing dust lanes near the core similar to those of Centaurus A.

[Leonardo70]

Great image. Wonderful galaxies !!

All the best,
Leo

[Placidus]

Very clean. The transparency of the outer parts of the largest galaxy is apparent. Superbly done.

[astronobob]

Stunning result, near 10hrs :eyepop: Awesomeness :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

A beautiful galaxy photo Stuart,

Great detail.

Ross.

[Shiraz]

Excellent result Stuart - that is sure one hard field to image and you have nailed it.