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NGC1434
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:46:12.8
Declination: -9:40:59
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, R, * 8.5 f 25s, n 3'
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1434 may be the galaxy I chose for ESGC at 03 43.8, -09 50. This has a
star of about the right brightness 20 seconds east and 3 arcminutes south that
might match the star in Muller's description. He put the 8.5 mag star at 25
seconds east and 3 arcmin north. If he made a mistake in his direction, the
ESGC galaxy would fit his description.
NGC 1445 (which see), suggested as a possible identity for N1434, also fits
Muller's description, but it has no star anywhere near that could be Muller's.
I think this identification is less likely.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1434
17.5" (11/17/01): extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter. Situated between mag 8.6 SAO 130713 6' SE and a mag 11 star 5.5' NW. Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in the RNGC. NGC 1445 lies 21' SW.