NGC 1383 NGC 1393 NGC 1407 NGC 1400 American astronomer Francis Leavenworth reported the object again in 1886, but this time due to a 2′ error in right ascension it yet again was given a new designation: NGC 1458. Another detection attributed to Leavenworth - NGC 1430 - is also probably the same object. NGC 1452 has a multiple identity as well. This 11.8-magnitude barred spiral was discovered by William Herschel in 1785 and rediscovered by Leavenworth in 1886. Again due to discrepancies in reported positions, Dreyer assumed Leavenworth's find was of a new object and assigned it the designation NGC 1455. In a straight line northwest of NGC 1407 are two moderately bright spirals. Twelfth-magnitude NGC 1393 is about 24′ from NGC 1407, and the edge-on 12.5-magnitude NGC 1383 is another 15′ farther along. Galaxies in Groups Object NGC 1407 NGC 1600 NGC 1587 NGC 1684 NGC 2274 NGC 2340 NGC 2389 NGC 2487 Type Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical Elliptical Spiral Barred spiral Surface Brightness 12.9 12.5 12.7 13.5 12.5 12.5 13.9 14.2 Mag(v) Size 9.7 RA Dec. 4.6′ × 4.3′ 03h 40.2m -18° 35′ 10.9 2.5′ × 1.7′ 04h 31.7m -05° 05′ 11.7 1.7′ × 1.5′ 04h 30.7m +00° 40′ 12.0 2.2′ × 1.7′ 04h 52.5m -03° 06′ 12.1 1.2′ × 1.1′ 06h 47.3m +33° 34′ 11.7 1.8′ × 1.2′ 07h 11.2m +50° 10′ 12.9 2.0′ × 1.4′ 07h 29.1m +33° 52′ 12.5 2.6′ × 2.1′ 07h 58.3m +25° 09′ 02.4m +09° 25′ NGC 2513 Elliptical 13.3 11.6 2.5′ × 2.0′ 08h NGC 2563 Spiral 13.3 12.2 2.1′ × 1.5′ 08h 20.6m +21° 04′ NGC 2749 Elliptical 12.7 11.8 1.7′ × 1.4′ 09 h 05.4m +18° 19′ NGC 2795 Elliptical 13.2 12.8 1.4′ × 1.0′ 09h 16.1m +17° 38′ Angular sizes are from recent catalogs. Visually, an object's size is often smaller than the cataloged value and varies according to the aperture and magnification of the viewing instrument. Right ascension and declination are for equinox 2000.0. sk yandtelescope.org * JANUARY 2 021 23http://www.skyandtelescope.org