Interstellar medium and Star formation in NGC 1316 galaxy

Haleh Mesgari

NGC 1316 or Fornax A galaxy is the fourth brightest radio source in the sky. It is an elliptical galaxy and the brightest member of the Fornax cluster. Giant radio lobes, dust lanes, AGN and central super-massive black hole are all features of this galaxy. Studying this source in radio wavelengths is very useful since NGC 1316 is a radio galaxy. Also separating the thermal free-free component from non-thermal emission is helpful for studying its electromagnetic field features such as polarization. This separation would also help us to measure the star formation rate of the galaxy. In this project we have studied NGC 1316 galaxy by using the multiple data sets in various bands.