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NGC1432
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:45:49.5
Declination: +24:22:6
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Henry
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 13.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vL, dif (Maja Plejadum)
Sub-type: RN
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1432 is the reflection nebula around Maia in the Pleiades. Though the
brightest part of the nebula is to the north-northwest of the star (see e.g.
Barnard's description in AN 3018), I have simply adopted the position of Maia
itself.
This nebula is also the first to be discovered photographically, by the Henry
brothers in Paris, on a plate taken by them late in 1885. It also has the
distinction of being the only nebula in the NGC to be found on a photograph;
all others were found visually.
See NGC 1435 and IC 349 for more on the Pleiades nebulosity.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1432
8" (12/28/16): at 124x (unfiltered): although all the bright stars in the Pleiades had scattered light halos, it appeared mag 3.9 Maia had a slightly more extensive halo and irregular halo than mag 3.7 Electra. So, I am fairly confident this was due to the outer reflection nebulosity surrounding Maia. The scattered light itself seemed about the same intensity around both stars.