Episode 13 of Star Hopping – published December 31st, 2015
This episode of Star Hopping checks out the fainter regions just to the lower right of Orion and Canis Major, the dim constellations of Lepus, Caelum, Horologium, Eridanus, and Fornax. As you will see there are some amazing deep sky objects in the area, but they are a bit difficult to get to!
Constellation:
Lepus, Fornax
Deep Sky Objects covered:
M79 – globular cluster
NGC 1365 – galaxy
NGC 1316 – galaxy – Fornax A