PIA10116: NGC 1316

Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Spacecraft: GALEX Orbiter Instrument: Ultraviolet/Visible Camera Product Size: 1200 samples x 1200 lines Produced By: California Institute of Technology Full-Res TIFF: PIA10116.tif (4.325 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA10116.jpg (72.89 kB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows the galaxy NGC 1316, located about 62 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. The elliptical-shaped galaxy may be in the late stages of merging with a smaller companion galaxy. Blue represents ultraviolet light captured by the telescope's long-wavelength detector. Green shows ultraviolet light from the short-wavelength detector, and red shows red visible light from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile. The Galaxy Evolution Explorer data was taken in December 2003. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CTIO