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NGC1049

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:39:48.1
Declination: -34:15:30
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pB, S, R, stellar
Sub-type: GCL

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1049 48" (10/29/16): at 488x; very bright, moderately large, very high surface brightness, granular appearance, ~50" diameter. There are three well defined brightness zones: an extremely bright compact nucleus, a small bright core and a much lower surface brightness halo with a fairly well defined circular edge. 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): very bright, moderately large, very sharply concentrated with a very small, very bright core surrounded by 1' halo that dims around the periphery. 24" (9/14/12): at 325x, moderately bright, fairly small, round, bright core, 30" diameter. 18" (12/10/07): moderately bright gc in the Fornax Dwarf. Appears small, round, ~30" diameter, gradually increases to a small brighter core. Located 15' NNE of mag 8.4 HD 16690. Brightest gc in the Fornax Dwarf. 17.5" (10/8/88): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core. 13.1" (10/10/86): brightest of four globular clusters in the Fornax Dwarf galaxy. Moderately bright (estimate V = 12), small, very small bright core, faint halo. Located 15' NNE of mag 8.0 SAO 193841. Fornax Dwarf galaxy not seen.