Talk:Q1265140
Latest comment: 10 years ago by Paperoastro in topic Correct identification of this object
Autodescription — NGC 1717 (Q1265140)
description: star in the constellation Orion
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Correct identification of this object
editThe 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 1717 has different identifications. Following the prescription of NGC/IC project NGC 1717 can be identified as a single star, even if the identification is very uncertain, but not NGC 1719.
| Source | Identification | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC/IC project in VizieR (Q1662358) | single star | [1] | right identification |
| NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (Q488563) | single star | [2] | right identification |
| Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (Q6709611) | unknown | [3] | wrong identification! |
| SIMBAD (Q654724) | galaxy NGC 1719 | [4] | wrong identification! |
- Please do not use SIMBAD (Q654724) and Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database (Q6709611) databases to recover the data of this object!