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These glaxies are part of the Fornax Cluster. It is the second richest galaxy cluster within 100 million light-years, after the considerably larger Virgo Cluster.
Fornax can be divided into two subclusters: the main one, centered on NGC 1399, and a subgroup 3 degrees to the southwest centered on the lenticular galaxy NGC 1316 that is in the process of infalling with the largest subcluster to finally merge with it, and whose galaxies are experiencing strong star formation activity.
| NGC 1399 (the central galaxy in the Fornax cluster) Magnitude: 9.9 Distance: Aprox: 62 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1404 (elliptical galaxy) Magnitude: 10.3 Distance: Aprox: 65 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1427 (elliptical galaxy) Magnitude: 12.6 Distance: Aprox: 71 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1427A (irregular galaxy) Magnitude: 13.4 Distance: Aprox: 51.9 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
| NGC 1387 Magnitude: 10.8 Distance: Aprox: 56.2 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1389 Magnitude: 11.4 Distance: Aprox: 57.7 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1369 Magnitude: 13.6 Distance: ? Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1381 Magnitude: 12.7 Distance: 60.7 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
| NGC 1379 Magnitude: 11.9 Distance: 57.7 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1373 Magnitude: 13.26 Distance: 61.6 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1374 Magnitude: 12.0 Distance: ? Constellation: Fornax |
NGC 1375 Magnitude: 13.4 Distance: 58.4 million light-years Constellation: Fornax |
Taken 2/19/18 in Chiefland Florida by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera