Galaxy in the constellation Eridanus
NGC 1403 is a lenticular or elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. It was thought to be a "very faint, extremely small, nebulous star" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
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 ;indicator name="01-sky-coordinates" ; ;templatestyles src="Template:Sky/styles.css" / ;Coordinates: &amp;de=-21.61138888888889&amp;zoom=&amp;show_grid=1&amp;show_constellation_lines=1&amp;show_constellation_boundaries=1&amp;show_const_names=1&amp;show_galaxies=1&amp;img_source=IMG_all 03h 39m 10.876s, -22° 23′ 19.00″ ;/indicator ;