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.

Distance to Earth: 456,600 light years

Magnitude: 9.3

Apparent size (V): 17′.0 × 12′.6

Redshift: 53 ± 9 km/s

Constellation: Fornax

Apparent magnitude (V): 9.3