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NGC1316

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:22:41.4
Declination: -37:12:28
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 8.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational


Summary description: vB, cL, vlE, vsvmbMN
Sub-type: SB0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1316. See NGC 1317.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1316 17.5" (11/26/94): very bright, moderately large, oval 3:2 SW-NE, about 2.5'x1.5'. Dominated by an intense 40"x30" core which brightens to a non-stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 1317 6.3' N. Brightest member of the Fornax I cluster. 8" (9/25/81): bright, round, slightly elongated, small bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 1317 7' N.