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NGC1379

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:36:3.8
Declination: -35:26:27
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.9

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: globular, B, pL, R, gpmbM
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 1379 18" (12/17/11): very bright, fairly large, round, 1.6' diameter. Well concentrated with a very bright 20" core that increases to a bright, stellar nucleus. Slightly larger NGC 1387 lies 11.5' SE and elongated NGC 1381 is 10.5' NE. 13.1" (12/22/84): bright, almost round, bright core, almost stellar nucleus. Forms a right angle with NGC 1387 11.5' SE and NGC 1381 10' NE. Member of the Fornax I cluster. 8" (10/13/81): faint, small, round, bright core.