Deep MOS Spectroscopy of NGC 1316 Globular Clusters
  The giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 is the brightest galaxy in the Fornax
cluster, and displays a number of morphological features that might be
interpreted as an intermediate age merger remanent ($\sim$3 Gyr). Based on the
idea that globular clusters systems (GCS) constitute genuine tracers of the
formation and evolution of their host galaxies, we conducted a spectroscopic
study of approximately 40 globular clusters (GCs) candidates associated with
this interesting galaxy. We determined ages, metallicities, and
$\alpha$-element abundances for each GC present in the sample, through the
measurement of different Lick indices and their subsequent comparison with
simple stellar populations models (SSPs).
