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NGC1415

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 3:40:56.9
Declination: -22:33:51
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, lE, pglbM, * sf
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1415 = IC 1983, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1415

17.5" (11/2/91): moderately bright, moderately large.  Contains a bright core with a bright almost stellar nucleus and a much fainter halo elongated 2:1 NW-SE.  A mag 11 star is 2.7' NNW of center.  Forms a wide pair with NGC 1416 9' S.  Located 8.5' ESE of mag 8.6 SAO 168726. 

13" (10/10/86): moderately bright, elongated NW-SE, fairly small, bright core, faint elongated halo.  

8" (11/28/81): faint, small.