Astronomers have found an unidentified secluded cluster of stars, grouped together in the Galaxy NGC 1316, also known as Fornax A. The results of the space investigation was later on published and unveiled integral insights regarding its origin and history.

According to Phys News, the mysterious cluster was located 62 million years away in the constellation Fornax. It is known as the brightest radio sources, labelled as a lenticular radio Galaxy. This Galaxy usually consists of old and conventional stars, it has however, exhibited signs of interaction as well. Based on recent findings, star formation within this galaxy is the HII region SH2.

The astronomers found the absurd star cluster in the southern outskirts of NGC 1316. The researchers have calculated its age to be about 100 million years and it contains 100 young star clusters. This complex nature has always intrigued the astronomers, however, they have not yet been able to find a definite answer and its origin remains a mystery.

In order to unveil further details of NGC 1316 region, a team led by Tom Richtler of the University of Concepcion in Chile highlighted it in October 2012. The findings were exhibited with the Visible MultiObject Spectrograph placed on the ESO Telescope in Chile. They focused their findings on kinematics and metallicity involving velocity maps and like diagnostics.

The team carried on with the research because they wanted to test the hypothesis of SH2 being an infallible dwarf Galaxy. Richtler established that this hypothesis is reasonable considering the shells and ripples in NGC 1316. They concluded that SH2 has the average size of dwarf galaxy.

The researchers continued further by observing the SH2 using VLT's other Integral Field Units. This could reveal more information about the nature's background. They specifically want to know about how a big molecular cloud complex could sustain for 1 billion to 2 billion years without forming a star. They also want to comprehend its morphology similar to the rings. The results were published on March 1 in a paper on arXiv.org.

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