NGC 1400
DSS image of NGC 1400
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 1400, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 1400
H II 593, h 2567, GC 747, MCG -03-10-022, ESO 548-G062, IRAS 03372-1850, PGC 13470

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11.1
Size  2.3' x 2' @ 40°
Right Ascension  3h 39' 30.8"  (2000)
Declination  18° 41' 17" S
Constellation  Eridanus
Description  cB, pS, R, psmbM
Classification  E1
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 28, 2011    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

Round, 5' diameter, dim twin of NGC1407 visible 12' northeast

Andrew Cooper
Dec 11, 2004    Sentinel, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Nice pair with NGC1407, two circular galaxies with even halos and obvious stellar cores, NGC1407 is the brighter of these galactic twins

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

fainter preceding [NGC1407]
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
Other Data Sources for NGC 1400
Nearby objects for NGC 1400
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NGC 1400