NGC 1399

id: ngc-1399-181-14582912
title: NGC 1399
text: NGC 1399 is a large elliptical galaxy in the Southern constellation Fornax, the central galaxy in the Fornax Cluster. The galaxy is 66 million light-years away from Earth. With a diameter of 130 000 light-years, it is one of the largest galaxies in the Fornax Cluster and slightly larger than the Milky Way. William Herschel discovered this galaxy on October 22, 1835.
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Elliptical galaxy in the Fornax Cluster
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1399
date created: 2011-06-18T04:41:12Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T13:50:10Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q548329","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q548329"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/NGC_1399_HST_10911_R814GB475.png","width":3611,"height":3739}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

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