Type | Galaxy |
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Magnitude | 14.9 |
Size | 0.47' x 0.404' @ 20° |
Right Ascension | 21h 58' 18.0" (2000) |
Declination | 8° 25' 26" N |
Constellation | Pegasus |
Harold Corwin
Spitaler has among his novae this object which he places 58.10 seconds of time west, and 2 arcmin 43.5 arcsec south of "BD +7deg 4775 pr. bor." Since he did not have a good position for the star (he apparently adopted the BD position), the position for the nebula in IC1 is not too precise, either. Is the nova CGCG 403-007, or is it CGCG 403-008 as taken by CGCG? A more distant possibility is CGCG 403-010, adopted by MCG.
Precessing Spitaler's position for his comparison star, I found that it falls close to BD +7deg 4775, which is in Tycho-2. Applying his offsets to the star leads directly to CGCG 403-008 as the correct galaxy. Curiously, however, his declination offset is about 20 arcsec too large -- is there a typo in his published table?― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
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