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SH2 has been described as an isolated HII-region, located about 6.5 arcminsouth of the nucleus of NGC 1316 (Fornax A), a merger remnant in the theoutskirts of the Fornax cluster of galaxies. We give a first, preliminarydescription of the stellar content and environment of this remarkable object.We used photometric data in the Washington system and HST photometry from theHubble Legacy Archive for a morphological description and preliminary aperturephotometry. Low-resolution spectroscopy provides radial velocities of thebrightest star cluster in SH2 and a nearby intermediate-age cluster. SH2 is nota normal HII-region, ionized by very young stars. It contains a multitude ofstar clusters with ages of approximately 0.1 Gyr. A ring-like morphology isstriking. SH2 seems to be connected to an intermediate-age massive globularcluster with a similar radial velocity, which itself is the main object of agroup of fainter clusters. Metallicity estimates from emission lines remainambiguous. The present data do not yet allow firm conclusions about the natureor origin of SH2. It might be a dwarf galaxy that has experienced a burst ofextremely clustered star formation. We may witness how globular clusters aredonated to a parent galaxy.

The globular cluster system of NGC 1316. II - The extraordinary object SH2