This page describes an image Fornax Galaxy Cluster
Caption: Galaxies can reside in groups, such as our own local group, or in clusters of galaxies. The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the nearest such large groupings of galaxies. Visible in this image taken by the Very Large Telescope Survey Telescope VST (at the European Southern Observatory in Chile) are elliptical galaxies (without defined structures and in a yellow tint) but also spiral galaxies such as NGC 1365 towards the bottom right. This galaxy in particular is classified as a barred spiral galaxy due to its prominent and well-defined bar. The center of the Fornax Cluster is the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1399, visible as the largest galaxy on the left of the image.
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ESO. Acknowledgement: Aniello Grado and Luca Limatola Credit Link
Related glossary terms:
Galaxy Cluster
Categories:
Galaxies
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Caption: Le galassie possono trovarsi in gruppi, come il nostro gruppo locale, o in ammassi di galassie. L'ammasso di galassie della Fornace è uno dei più grandi raggruppamenti di galassie vicino a noi. In questa immagine scattata dal Telescopio per Survey VST di VLT (presso l'European Southern Observatory in Cile) sono visibili galassie ellittiche (prive di strutture definite e di colore giallo) , ma anche galassie a spirale come NGC 1365, in basso a destra. Questa galassia in particolare è classificata come galassia a spirale barrata, a causa della sua barra evidente e ben definita. Al centro dell'Ammasso della Fornace si trova la galassia ellittica gigante NGC 1399, la galassia più grande sulla sinistra dell'immagine.
Credit: ESO. Ringraziamenti: Aniello Grado e Luca Limatola
Related glossary terms: Ammasso di galassie Caption translation status: Approved by a reviewer
Caption translators: Giuliana Giobbi
Caption reviewers: Rosa Valiante, Rodolfo Canestrari, Raffaella Ferretti, Anna Wolter
