NGC 1425

NGC 1425 = ESO 419-004 = MCG -05-09-023 = UGCA 84 = PGC 13602
03 42 11.3 -29 53 36
V = 10.6;  Size 5.8x2.6;  SB = 13.4;  PA = 129d

13.1": fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, bright core.  A 
pair of mag 12.5/14 stars at 30" separation are 2' NE of center and a mag 11 
star lies 2.5' N.

- by Steve Gottlieb

IC 1988 may be NGC 1425 with a 50 second error in RA and a 10 degree digit
error in Dec.  Swift has made both these errors in other cases, and his
description could be made to fit N1425, too (instead of "eF, pL, R; 2 sts 
near f, wide D* np" it would read "eF, pL, R; wide D* near f, 2 sts np").  He
is certainly confused about the date he found this.  He gives it as 14 Oct 
1897 in the AN summary list, but as 3 Oct 1897 in his shorter List 5 where the
nebula is number 14.

While I'm fairly confident about the identification with the NGC galaxy, there
are enough changes that have to be made that I've put a question mark on the
IC number. - Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr.
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IC 1988.
Swift List XI, #61.  03hr 40m 57.501s - 40 02' 43.366" (1950).
03hr 42m 45.085s - 39 53' 14.790" (2000).
Not found :  Listed in the NGC 2000 as (No Type) and MOL (NSO).  The ESO has 302-
?002.  The APL, Steinicke, SIMBAD and NED have (Not found).
 - Malcolm J. Thomson

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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
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