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NGC408
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:10:51.0
Declination: +33:9:8
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Schultz
Year of discovery: 1867
Discovery aperture: 9.6
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, II 220 f 8s
Sub-type: *
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 408, Schultz's "Nova III," is a star at his carefully measured position.
It is just 8 seconds west of NGC 410 = H II 220, which Schultz also measured.
Note that he has reversed the names of "Nova III" and H II 219 = NGC 407 in
his 1875 MN paper. Dreyer has sorted them out for the NGC, however.
Schultz's other discovery ("Nova IV" = NGC 414) in the area, is a peculiar
interacting galaxy. His position for it is excellent, as are those for NGC
407 and NGC 410.