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NGC1406
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:39:23.0
Declination: -31:19:20
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, cL, vmE, vglbM, * 7 np
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1406
13.1" (1/18/85): fairly faint, edge-on 5:1 SSW-NNE, moderately large, 3.0'x0.6, brighter core, dims at ends of extensions. Located 16' ESE of mag 7.4 SAO 194416.