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NGC1403

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:39:10.8
Declination: -22:23:20
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, neb *
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1403

17.5" (11/2/91): fairly faint, small, 40" diameter, small bright core surrounded by a very faint halo, almost stellar nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is just off the west edge 30" from the center.  A bright wide double star mag 8/10.5 at 30" is located 4' NNE.  NGC 1401 lies 20' S.