NGC 1456
NGC 1456 is a two stars existing Asterismus in the constellation Taurus ( right ascension : 03: 48: 08.3; declination : +22: 33: 30). It was discovered in 1886 by J. Gerhard Lohse during an observation during which this “D * 10-12, comp. nebulous (130 deg, 9 arcsec) ”, mistakenly mistaken for a galaxy and thus got an entry in the catalog.
Web links
- NGC 1456. DSO Browser, accessed May 9, 2016 .
- Courtney Seligman: New General Catalog Objects: NGC 1450-1499. Retrieved May 9, 2016 .
- Hartmut Frommert: Revised NGC Data for NGC 1456. SEDS, accessed on May 9, 2016 (English).