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NGC 1439
NGC 1439, ESO 549-9, LEDA 13738, MCG-04-09-056, SGC 034239-2204.7, III 249, h 2584, GC 771
Type: galaxy, E...
Mag: B=12.58, V=?
Size: 2.63′ x 2.454′
PA: 33°
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms:H III-249
Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "vF, vS."
John Herschel
John Herschel recorded it as "pF, S, R, bM, 20 arcseconds." On a second occassion he called it "pB, R, gpmbM, 40 arcseconds." His third observation was recorded as "F, S, R, gbM, 15 arcseconds."
Published comments
Sandage & Tammann (1975)
Sandage, A. & Tammann, G. A. (1975) Steps toward the Hubble constant. V - The Hubble constant from nearby galaxies and the regularity of the local velocity field. ApJ, 196, 313-328. [1975ApJ...196..313S]
Sandage and Tammann includes this galaxy in the Eridanus Group. Members include NGC 1187, NGC 1201, NGC 1232, NGC 1255, NGC 1297, NGC 1300, NGC 1302, NGC 1325, NGC 1325A, NGC 1331, NGC 1332, NGC 1353, NGC 1359, NGC 1371, NGC 1385, NGC 1395, NGC 1398, NGC 1407, NGC 1415, NGC 1426, NGC 1439 & IC 1953.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 13.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads BE,R,BM.
Modern observations
Steve Coe
Steve Coe, observing with a 13" f/5.6, notes: "Faint, pretty small, gradually pretty much brighter in the middle, round at 150X."
Steve Gottlieb
03 44.8 -21 55
13: moderately bright, fairly small, bright core, stellar nucleus, round,large faint halo.
Brian Skiff
POSS: nrly circ, vsl elong pa~25. indef spot attached to core on N side, vis only on O print.
ESO: no pa.
25cm - 180x: sm, fairly f. sharp br nuc. 0'.75 diam, circ.
30cm - sm, elong pa160. not well concen except for br nuc. at hix juc loses *ar nature, but seems multiple w/perhaps a * just N of nuc. 1'x0'.5. ID certain.
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2010 11 5 3:26:31
Observing site: Fall Star Party
Telescope: C-11
[3h 44m 48s, -21° 55' 0"] A small galaxy, a tiny nucleus surrounded by a halo, 2:3 elongation. B: E1.
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