This is a wide field image of the field around NGC1316. The wide field data was 52 hours and I used the narrow field data of
NGC1316 narrow field to give a detail boost to the two main galaxies. Total data used was 70 hours.
Some really interesting things can be seen in the image. There is a faint stream off to the left of NGC1316. I am estimating that the stream goes for about the radius distance of NGC1316. Then NGC1326 seems like a ring galaxy but is in fact a face on spiral galaxy. Some really faint detail can be seen on the outer verges of the outer ring and halo. I might actually image that galaxy next year to grab the detail for it. NGC1326A and NGC1326A are also interacting galaxies and are also quite interesting peruse. It looks like there is some star burst activity going on as a result of the merger between each galaxy.
Finally, the whole field is scattered with lots of background galaxies of various types.
I am not sure of the depth of the image, however there are a lot of galaxies seen in the distance that are great than the mag 18.55 listed on my SkyX. I would be interested in anyone's thoughts on what magnitude is visible in the image.
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