Fornax A (NGC 1316) — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.
A swollen lenticular galaxy laced with dark dust ripples — the leftovers of galaxies it has eaten — and one of the loudest radio sources in the sky, ruling the nearby Fornax Cluster.
Fornax A (NGC 1316) is placed at its true position on the sky and at its real measured distance, not as a flat backdrop. Fly out from the Sun in the live 3D view and watch it change from a point of light into structure as you approach, with the scale bar showing just how far out you have travelled.