FDS is a joint project based on the GTO survey FOrnax Cluster Ultra deep Survey (FOCUS, P.I. R. Peletier) and VEGAS (P.I. E. Iodice)

FDS aims to cover the whole Fornax cluster out to the virial radius (~0.7 Mpc), with an area of about 26 square degrees around the central galaxy NGC1399 (top panel), and the region where NGC1316 is located, on the SW (left panel)

The Fornax Deep Survey (FDS) with VST

FDS is a new, multi-band imaging survey of the Fornax cluster of galaxies