Talk:Q1042245

Latest comment: 10 years ago by Paperoastro in topic Correct identification of this object

Autodescription — NGC 1223 (Q1042245)

description: galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
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Correct identification of this object edit

The correct identification of some NGC objects is difficult due to errors and misunderstandings of the original observer and of the astronomers that, during time, made and re-analysed the data.

Use the information of different sources, NGC 1223 has different identifications. Following the prescription of NGC/IC project the correct identification of NGC 1223 is PGC 11742, and differs from NGC 1125!.

Source Other NGC PGC Link Notes
NGC/IC project in VizieR (Q1662358) --- PGC 11742 [1] right identification
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (Q488563) --- PGC 11742 [2] right identification
Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (Q6709611) --- PGC 11742 [3] right identification
SIMBAD (Q654724) NGC 1225 PGC 11742/PGC 11766 [4] wrong identification!


Please do not use SIMBAD (Q654724) datatabase to recover the data of this object!

--Paperoastro (talk) 13:04, 13 August 2013 (UTC)Reply

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