NGC 1049

{{Short description|Globular cluster in the constellation Fornax}}

{{Infobox globular cluster

| name = NGC 1049

| image = 240px

| caption = NGC 1049 by Hubble Space Telescope

| credit =

| epoch = J2000

| class = V

| constellation = Fornax

| ra = {{RA|02|39|52.5}}{{cite web

| title=SIMBAD Astronomical Database

| work=Results for NGC 1049

| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad

| access-date=2006-11-17}}

| dec = {{DEC|-34|16|08}}

| dist_pc = {{val|143|3|u=kpc}}

| appmag_v = +12.9

| size_v = 24{{pprime}}

| radius_ly =

| mass_kg =

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| v_hb =

| age =

| notes =

| names = Hodge 3

}}

NGC 1049 is a globular cluster located in the Local Group galaxy of the Fornax Dwarf, visible in the constellation of Fornax. At a distance of 460,000 light years, it is visible in moderate sized telescopes, while the parent galaxy is nearly invisible. This globular cluster was discovered by John Herschel on October 19, 1835,{{cite web |last1=Seligman |first1=Courtney |title=NGC 1049 (= GCL 3 in the Fornax dwarf galaxy) |url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc10.htm#1049 |website=Celestial Atlas |access-date=7 December 2018}} while the parent galaxy was discovered in 1938 by Harlow Shapley.{{cite journal | author = Shapley H | date = 1938 | title = Two Stellar Systems of a New Kind | journal = Nature | volume = 142 | issue = 3598| pages = 715–6 | bibcode = 1938Natur.142..715S | doi=10.1038/142715b0| s2cid = 4071472 }}