John Herschel discovered NGC 1310 = h2524 on 22 Oct 1835 and reported "vF, R, pL, vlbM; 90 arcsec." His position is 2' S of ESO 357-019 = PGC 12569. On a later sweep he called it a globular cluster (three other members of the Fornax cluster were also described as globulars). In 1915, Harold Knox-Shaw reported it was a probably not a globular cluster, but a nebula, based on a visual observation with the Reynolds reflector at the Helwan Observatory.

400/500mm - 17.5" (1/12/02): faint, moderately large, the halo is slightly elongated ~E-W, 1.8'x1.4'. The halo is weakly concentrated to a slightly brighter, 1' round core. Located 20' WNW of NGC 1316 (Fornax A) and 8' SW of mag 9.4 SAO 194250. Member of the Fornax I Cluster.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb