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Description Like dust bunnies that lurk in corners and under beds, surprisingly complex loops and blobs of cosmic dust lie hidden in the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316. This image made from data obtained with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the dust lanes and star clusters of this giant galaxy that give evidence that it was formed from a past merger of two gas-rich galaxies.
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Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. NASA Hubble material (and ESA Hubble material prior to 2009) is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if ESA material created after 2008 or source material from other organizations is in use.
The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-26555, or for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. Copyright statement at hubblesite.org or 2008 copyright statement at spacetelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the spacetelescope.org site since 2009, use the {{ESA-Hubble}} tag.

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current20:56, 20 July 2009Thumbnail for version as of 20:56, 20 July 20093,228 × 3,280 (13.2 MB)TryphonOriginal size.
14:08, 3 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 14:08, 3 June 2005787 × 800 (78 KB)CWitteGiant elliptical galaxy '''NGC 1316''' Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Description see Hubble ST home page [http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/11/image/a] {{PD-USGov-NASA}} [[category:Galaxies]

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