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.