Panning across Lenticular Galaxy NGC 1316 | European Southern Observatory

Panning across Lenticular Galaxy NGC 1316 | European Southern Observatory

This video pans across an image from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Survey Telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. It shows a galaxy that still bears the marks of a dynamic history, NGC 1316, which was formed by the merger of multiple smaller galaxies. 

Distance: 60 million light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: May 5, 2023

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