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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2022 January 29   
      
                          The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies   
           Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse   
      
      Explanation: Named for the southern constellation toward which most of   
      its galaxies can be found, the Fornax Cluster is one of the closest   
      clusters of galaxies. About 62 million light-years away, it is almost   
      20 times more distant than our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy, and only   
      about 10 percent farther than the better known and more populated Virgo   
      Galaxy Cluster. Seen across this two degree wide field-of-view, almost   
      every yellowish splotch on the image is an elliptical galaxy in the   
      Fornax cluster. Elliptical galaxies NGC 1399 and NGC 1404 are the   
      dominant, bright cluster members toward the upper left (but not the   
      spiky foreground stars). A standout barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is   
      visible on the lower right as a prominent Fornax cluster member.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: miasma of plasma   
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