Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Fornax (For)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1387  ·  NGC 1396  ·  NGC 1399  ·  NGC 1404
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Jewels of Fornax

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NGC1399 is  one of the largest in the Fornax cluster, it's an early-type galaxy making it much older than spiral types. Very little star formation occurs in these early-types, but NGC1399 is rich in globular clusters. It's suggested some of these clusters may have been given up by NGC1404 due to gravitational interactions (both protagonists in the frame).

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Jewels of Fornax, aikd