Table 2: Table of Fornax parameters. 1. This work. 2. Mateo et al. (1998). The position angle is defined as the angle between North and the major-axis of the galaxy measured counter-clockwise; the ellipticity is e= 1 - b/a.
$\alpha_{\rm 2000}$ $2^{\rm h} 39^{\rm m} 52^{\rm s}$ 1
$\delta_{\rm 2000}$ $-34^{\circ} 30' 49''$ 1
Position angle $46.8^{\circ} \pm 1.6^{\circ}$ 1
Ellipticity $0.30\pm0.01$ 1
LV $1.55 \times 10^7 L_{\odot}$ 2
Distance $138 \pm
8$ kpc 2
$V_{\rm h}$ $54.1 \pm 0.5$ km s-1 1
${\rm [Fe/H]}_{\rm mean}$ -1.15 1


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