Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  The star λ2For
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Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Russell Cockman
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Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

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Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

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A satellite of our Milky Way some 460,000 ly away which was discovered by Harlow Shapley in 1938. It has an apparent (integrated) magnitude of 9.3 and contains many, many millions of old population II stars, many resolved in the image. It also contains an unusually high number of globular clusters (6) for a galaxy of its type, the brightest, NGC 1049, is partially resolved and found immediately below the galaxy's lower "edge". As Fornax lies in the direction of the galactic south pole, there are many, more distant galaxies also visible in the field.

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Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, Russell Cockman