A magnitude 15.2 supernova, 2006mr, was discovered on the 5th November, 2006, by Berto Monard in the lenticular galaxy NGC 1316 (also known as Fornax A) in the constellation Fornax.
The supernova is located 14" east and 0".3 north of the nucleus of the galaxy.
Position(2000): R.A. = 03h22...
A magnitude 14.5 supernova, 2006dd, was discovered on the 19th June, 2006, by Berto Monard, in the elliptical galaxy NGC 1316[img]http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0008/ngc1316...
The Fornax A radio lobes span over one million light years.
In the centre is a large but peculiar elliptical galaxy named NGC 1316.
Detailed inspection of the NGC 1316 system indicates that it began absorbing a small neighbouring galaxy about 100 million years ago.
NGC 13...