CGCG 403-007: very faint, very small, round, low surface brightness, 20" diameter.

CGCG 403-010: faint, small, round, low surface brightness, 25" diameter.

Rudlolph Spitaler discovered IC 1414 = Spitatler 30 on 25 Oct 1891 and reported "sky conditions excellent. Very faint, round nebula of 1/4' diameter. About 20" south of it, a little ahead, is a mag 15 star and further south a mag 13.5 star." There is nothing at his position, though preceding are 3 CGCG galaxies, with MCG (and apparently PGC) selecting 403-010 as IC 1414. But Harold Corwin recomputed the position using accurate coordinates for the offset star, and found it fell close to CGCG 403-008. Visually this was the brightest of the trio, which makes this identification pretty secure.

600/800mm - 24" (9/22/17): at 375x; fairly faint, small, round, very small bright core, high surface brightness, 25" diameter. Brightest in a trio (WBL 675) with CGCG 403-007 3.3' SSW and CGCG 403-010 5.6' ENE.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb