Interesting object. No galaxy, Just star?

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https://www.legacysurvey.org//viewer/?ra=55.8540&dec=-18.2262&layer=ls-dr9&zoom=16&ngc

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This is NGC 1430, which is currently classified as a star in Eridanus. However, it could probably be something else. Corwin’s notes suggest that NGC 1430 might be NGC 1440 ( also designated as NGCs 1442 and 1458), while the RHC suggests it could be MCG-03-10-035 (probably or probably not IC 346).

See Harold Corwin's Web Pages

Corwin’s Notes on NGC 1430:

NGC 1430 is probably NGC 1440 = NGC 1442. In the same email from April 2016
in which Yann Pothier questions the NGC 1424/1429 problem, he writes

Maybe I missed something here, but am I the only one inclined to think that
this might be identical to NGC 1440? The RA difference of 1m 35s is within
the reasonable range for the Leander McCormick team, and the position angle
is appropriate.

This is indeed a reasonable question. Leavenworth claims two observations of
this object and his description “m = 15.4, Dxd = 0.6x0.4, E 20deg, sbMN” is
appropriate (perhaps aside from the magnitude) for the center of NGC 1440.

I’ve adopted this as a probable identification, and have demoted the star that
Wolfgang and I had pointed to earlier to a double question mark.

This galaxy is probably also NGC 1458 (which see), also found by Leavenworth.

RHC Notes on NGC 1430:

NGC 1430: NGC 1430 might be identical to MCG-03-10-035, which is probably is or probably not IC 346. Identical notes by Corwin suggest that NGC 1430 is similar to NGC 1440 but that doesn’t explain the magnitude Leavenworth writes as “magnitude 15.4.”

NGC 1458, which Leavenworth also observed by writing it as about half a degree in RA (plus slightly south of them in declination) with an identical description almost certainly identifies NGC 1458 with NGC 1440. In the case of MCG-03-10-035, Leavenworth almost certainly marks out the RA about another half a degree off.

Evidence suggests that both MCG-03-10-035 and 1440 are also seen on the same date or time of observation and may have miscalculated the Right Ascension by about half a degree following the galaxy, Evidence mentioned above and similar descriptions and magnitude made it clear that MCG-03-10-035 is NGC 1430.

I have also commented on the note on IC 346 claiming that it leads to our suspicions that the Meander McCormick positions “might not be” IC 346 leading to Wolfgang to mark the positions in his revised NGCIC to be nonexistent. See RHC discussion 440 for identification problem.

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Wow, very interesting

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