(IAAC) Obj: NGC 1407 - Negative report - Inst: Vixen 9x63 binoculars

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Observation Poster: Stéphane Meloche <stephanemeloche at videotron.ca>

Observer: Stéphane Meloche
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 2004/11/14 04h49 UT
Location of site: Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley, Québec, Canada (Lat 45.4542°, Elev 316 m)
Site classification: Exurban
Sky darkness: 5,9 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing:  <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Vixen 9x63 binoculars
Magnification: 
Filter(s): 
Object(s): NGC 1407 - Negative report
Category: External galaxy.
Class: E0
Constellation: Eri
Data: mag 9.7  size 4.9x4.5
Position: RA 03:40  DEC -18:35
Description:
In Eridani, at ~3½° NW of tau5 Eri. Per periods, it seems me to see an object very slightly luminous at the right sport but the object is too weak in brightness to regard this object as truly observed.
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