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NGC1479
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 3:54:20.4
Declination: -10:12:31
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, E, p of 2
Sub-type: NF
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1479 and NGC 1480 are a lost pair of nebulae seen only by Frank Muller at
Leander McCormick. He made careful notes of the field for each nebula (N1479:
"1st of 2; nebulous **, PA 170 deg"; N1480: "2nd of 2; * 10 f 30 sec."),
but these don't help to identify the objects. There is just no pattern of
nebulae and star, or a double star with a nearby star, in the area of his
positions that could match the descriptions.