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NGC1408
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:39:20.0
Declination: -35:31:30
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Schmidt
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 6.2
Observational
Summary description: F
Sub-type: NF
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1408 is another of the new "nebulae" found by Schmidt during his survey
of the Fornax Cluster area. There is nothing at his position, but during my
sweep across the area for SGC, I noted two double stars nearby. The fainter
and wider pair is northwest of Schmidt's position, and the brighter but
closer pair is southeast. Though I've listed both in the main table, with
question marks, neither seems particularly likely to me to be mistaken for a
nebula. This should be checked at the eyepiece, though.
In any event, N1408 is currently unidentified. See NGC 1378 and NGC 1396 for
more on Schmidt's Fornax Cluster work.