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NGC1405

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:40:19.0
Declination: -15:31:51
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, mE 150°, glbM, F st inv
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1405

17.5" (12/9/01): extremely faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.6'x0.3'.  Requires averted to glimpse.  Located 5' NNE of brighter NGC 1413.