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NGC 1421
NGC 1421, AGC 430433, LEDA 13620, MCG-02-10-008, II 291, h 2577, GC 762
Type: galaxy, Sc
Mag: B=12.38, V=?
Size: 3.467′ x 0.87′
PA: 179°
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms:H II-291
Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "pF, much extended in the direction of the meridian, 3 or 4' long and 1' broad."
John Herschel
John Herschel recorded it as "F, vmE, vlbM, 3' long, 20 arcseconds broad; pos. = 184.2 degrees." On a second occassion he called it "F, L, mE, vgvlbM, 90 arcseconds long."
Published comments
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads EL,BM,DKLNS NRCT.
Modern observations
Tom Lorenzin
Tom Lorenzin, in the electronic version of "1000+ The Amateur Astronomers' Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing", notes: "12M; 3'x 0.6' extent; faint slash; nearly edge-on view of this barred spiral."
Steve Coe
Steve Coe, observing with a 13" f/5.6, notes: "Pretty bright, pretty large, very elongated at 165X. There is no discernible nucleus or central brightening at any power."
Steve Gottlieb
03 42.5 -13 29
17.5: fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 4:1 N-S, 3.0'x0.7', broad weak concentration, fades towards tips, patchy or mottled appearance. The southern tip is slightly fainter than the northern edge. A mag 13 star is 2.8' SE of center.
8: very faint, moderately large, elongated N-S. A distinctive 6.5' collinear string consisting of four stars mag 10-12 oriented NW-SE begins 8' S.
Brian Skiff
NGC: pa0.
POSS: pa0. 25/30cm details okay. m12-12.5 * 2'.6 SSE; m11 * 2'.8 NW. vf comp gx 2'.3 NNW.
15cm - just seen. maybe 2'.5 long.
25cm - elong N-S, halo 3'x0'.5, core 1'x0'.25. knotty w/*ar points. three or four dk lanes seen perpendic to maj axis. most fntr extens are S of the core. fairly br * W.
30cm - nice, vthin bar in pa0, 3'x0'.6 at 220x. little concen. core is brtr on N end and has rough uneven brtness, incl three or four blotches aligned along maj axis. ends taper very little, partic the Nrn one. m13 * 1'.5E of S tip, m12 * 2' W of N tip.
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2012 1 15 21:21:49
Observing site: Syria, Va
Telescope: C-11
[3h 42m 30s, -13° 29' 0"] A very faint smudge, found only with the aid of the finder chart. No noticable detail. An iced up corrector plate made the galaxy look very faint. B: Sb, 12.0.
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