| Designation(s) | NGC 1421 |
| Object Type(s) | Galaxy |
| Relevant Catalog(s) | All (Chron), NGC |
| Obs. Lat/Long | 42° 17', 073° 57' |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Date and Time Observed | 2026-02-27 20:25:00 |
| Instrument | EdgeHD 8" w/f7 reducer-1,422mm FL |
| Camera | Player One Apollo-M Mini |
| Image Details | Up is 184.7 degrees E of N. Transparency: Fair. Seeing: Fair. Total integration time was 19m 40s. Exposures 20s@225g, No Filter. Dithered and recentered in SharpCap. No guiding. |
| Description | Quick capture starting about 25° elevation, asap after sunset. 75% moon. Considering, not a bad image. This is one of the 20 galaxies that Vera Rubin chose for her seminal 1980 paper which concluded that galaxy rotations indicated the existence of unseen mass (aka dark matter). |
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