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The Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal is an elliptical dwarf galaxy in the constellation Fornax that was discovered in 1938 by Harlow Shapley. He discovered it while he was in South Africa on photographic plates taken by the 24 inch Bruce refractor at Boyden Observatory shortly after he discovered the Sculptor Dwarf galaxy.The galaxy is a satellite of the Milky Way and contains six globular clusters; the largest NGC 1049 was discovered before the galaxy itself.
