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NGC1420

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 3:42:40.0
Declination: -5:51:8
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: F, vS, * 13 p
Sub-type: *3

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 1420 is a triple star at d'Arrest's position. The identity is nailed down by d'A's mention of the "* 13 10.5 seconds preceding [at about the same] declination." That star is there.