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Eridanus, "The River" is one of the 'classical 48', and represents the mythological great river that circled the known world. It has been associated with the Euphrates, Nile, and Po rivers.
Eridanus is the sixth-largest constellation in the sky and stretches from Orion's foot far into the southern sky.
In Greek Myth, Eridanus is the river that the ill-fated Phaethon fell into after his disastrous attempt to drive the Sun charriot.

Fornax, "the Furnace" was created in 1752 by the French astronomer Nicolas de Lacaille in a bend on the west bank of the great river Eridanus.
It represents a furnace used by a chemist. Due to the constellation's southern declination and it's faint stars, it is mostly invisible from 40 deg lattitude.

01/07/2013 - 8 seconds, StellaCam-II and 4mm CCTV lens

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Deep-Sky objects located in Constellation of Eridanus:


NGC1084 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1114 (galaxy) - 09/08/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 45 seconds





NGC1125 & PGC10845 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1140 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1162 (galaxy) - 09/10/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 45 seconds




NGC1172 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1179 (galaxy) - 01/17/2015 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 @ 50 seconds



NGC1187 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1189, 1190, 1191, 1192 & 1199 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1195, 1196, 1200 & IC285 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1208, 1214, 1215 & IC1880, & PGC11673 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1209 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1232 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1239 & PGC11876, 1089191, 1093128 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1241 & 1242 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1247 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1248 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1253 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1266 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1284 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1287 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1291 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1297(galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1299 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1300 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1304 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1308 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1309 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1315 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1319 & 1325 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1320, 1321 & 1322 (galaxy) - 12/20/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1324 (galaxy) - 12/27/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1331 & 1332 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1337 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1353 (galaxy) - 12/27/2013 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1354 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1357 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1355 & 1358 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1359 (galaxy) - 02/05/2016 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 @ 35 seconds






NGC1362 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1370 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1376 & GSC4719 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1377 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1391, 1393 & 1393 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1395 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1397 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1400 & 1407 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1401 (galaxy) - 02/26/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1415 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1417, 1418, & 1424 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1421 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1426 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1439 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1440 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1441, 1449, 1451 & 1453 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1442 (non-existent) - 02/26/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1452 & 1455 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1461 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1481 & 1482 (galaxy) - 02/26/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1498 (galaxy) - 02/26/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1507 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1516A & B (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1518 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1521 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1531 & 1532 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1535 (planetary nebula) - 12/26/2018 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 15 seconds




NGC1537 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1552 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1576 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1600, 1601, 1603 & 1606 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1607, 1609 & 1611 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1620 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1618 & 1622 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1625 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1635 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1636 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1637 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1638 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1643 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1646 & 1648 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds





NGC1653 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1659 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds





NGC1665 (galaxy) - 02/19/2017 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC1667 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1699 & 1700 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1720 & 1726 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




NGC1721, 1723, 1725 & 1728 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds





NGC1779 (galaxy) - 09/08/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 45 seconds




IC1953 (galaxy) - 01/03/2014 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds




PGC16672 (galaxy) - 11/22/2022 - 8" SCT f6.3, ASI294MC @ 180 seconds, stacked for 30 minutes

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Deep-Sky objects located in Constellation of Fornax:



NGC686 (galaxy) - 12/27/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds





NGC922 (galaxy) - 12/27/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 60 seconds




NGC986 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1049 (globular cluster) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1079 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1097 & 1097A (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1201 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1255 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1288 (galaxy) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1292 (galaxy) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1302 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1310 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1316 & 1317 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1326 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1339 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1341 (galaxy) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1344 (galaxy) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1350 (galaxy) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1351 (galaxy) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1360 (planetary nebula) - 11/13/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1365(galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1366 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1371 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1373, 1374 & 1375 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1379 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1380 & 1380A (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1381 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1382 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1385 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1386 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1387 & 1389 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1389 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1396 , 1399 & 1404 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds




NGC1398 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1399 & 1404 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1406 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1425 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1427 (galaxy) - 11/10/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 25 seconds




NGC1437 (galaxy) - 11/14/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 30 seconds

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Hope you enjoyed the visit. Come again soon!
Larry McHenry,   Pittsburgh, PA. USA

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