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NGC7400
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 22:54:20.8
Declination: -45:20:50
Constellation: GRU
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, lE, glbM, vS * inv
Sub-type: Sbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 7400. There is no problem with the identification or position of this
galaxy. There are two stars superposed on the outer parts northwest and
southeast, and there is one other 18 arcsec north of the nucleus. This final
star appears only in the DSS2R image; this is apparently the source of the
position reported in GSC3. The star is not in the DSS2B or IR images, nor
does it appear in any of the 2MASS images.
It is, in fact, SN 2002ge, possibly a subluminous Type Ia supernova, or a Type
Ic. See IAU Circulars 7987 and 7990 for more information.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 7400
30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 7:2 N-S, 1.5'x0.4', broad weak concentration.