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NGC1399
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:38:28.9
Declination: -35:26:59
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: globular, vB, pL, psbM, rr
Sub-type: E1
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1399
18" (12/17/11): very bright, large, round, 3' diameter. The outer halo has a fairly low surface brightness but the central portion is sharply concentrated with a very bright 35" core. The core continues to brighten significantly to a quasi-stellar nucleus. A star is superimposed less than 20" NNE of center. Brighter of a pair with NGC 1404 10' SSE.
13.1" (12/22/84): bright, large faint halo is broadly concentrated, brighter core. A star is superimposed 0.3' N of the center. This galaxy is the second brightest and second largest in the core of the Fornax I cluster. NGC 1404 is 10' SE.
8" (10/13/81): fairly bright, round, bright core.