NGC 1371

NGC 1367 = N1371 = E482-010 = MCG -04-09-029 = UGCA 79 = PGC 13255
03 35 00.7 -24 56 04

See observing notes for N1371.

- by Steve Gottlieb

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NGC 1371 = ESO 482-010 = MCG -04-09-029 = UGCA 79 = N1367 = PGC 13255
03 35 00.7 -24 56 04
V = 10.7;  Size 5.6x3.9;  SB = 13.9;  PA = 135d

17.5": fairly bright, moderately bright, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 2.5'x1.5', halo 
fades into the background.  Very bright elongated core 30" diameter increases to 
a stellar nucleus.  A mag 8.3 star SAO 168653 (wide double at 53" with a mag 
11.5 star) is 4.5' NE.

8": faint, moderately large, bright core, diffuse halo.

- by Steve Gottlieb

NGC 1367 = NGC 1371.  Ormond Stone found NGC 1367 sometime in 1885 or 1886,
and as with the other nebulae in the first Leander McCormick list, gave its RA
to only a full minute of time.  This put it about 20 seconds of time west of
NGC 1371 (accurately placed by the Herschels) and earned it its own entry in
NGC.

However, Stone made the magnitude 13.0, actually one of the brightest in the
LM list of "new" nebulae, and he has a ninth magnitude star 5.0 arcmin north-
east of his nebula.  That star is there (as is a fainter one about 3 arcmin
northeast), making the identity with N1371 certain.
 - Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr.

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for error, even though the evidence supporting the correction may be strong and
compelling. It is with this in mind that we ask the user to use this information
as 'Most Probable', but never to assume the correction is 'Absolute'.  All
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record back to the original discoverer's published notes/papers, and are
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