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| Catalogue and alternative designations | NGC
1049, Hodge 3
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| Type | Globular cluster |
| Position | 02 39 53, -34 16 08 |
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL16200 and 36.8cm RCOS Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | This
is a LRGB image with
Luminance = 260 minutes and Red = Green = Blue
=60
Minutes using Astrodon 3nm
filters. Luminance was unbinned
and everything else was binned
2x2
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| Description | NGC
1049 is the brightest globular
cluster in the Fornax dwarf
galaxy. Five other fainter
clusters have been identified.
NGC 1049 is 24" across and
has an apparent magnitude of
12.9. One of the other
clusters (Fornax 6) can be seen
to the left
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