We present photometric and kinematic information obtained by measuring 197planetary nebulae (PNs) discovered in the flattened Fornax elliptical galaxyNGC 1344 (also known as NGC 1340) with an on-band, off-band, grism + on-bandfilter technique. We build the PN luminosity function (PNLF) and use it toderive a distance modulus m-M=31.4, slightly smaller than, but in goodagreement with, the surface brightness fluctuation distance. The PNLF alsoprovides an estimate of the specific PN formation rate: 6x10^-12 PNs per yearper solar luminosity. Combining the positional information from the on-bandimage with PN positions measured on the grism + on-band image, we can measurethe radial velocities of 195 PNs, some of them distant more than 3 effectiveradii from the center of NGC 1344. We complement this data set with stellarkinematics derived from integrated spectra along the major and minor axes, andparallel to the major axis of NGC 1344. The line-of-sight velocity dispersionprofile indicates the presence of a dark matter halo around this galaxy.
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