NGC 1097

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1097

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 02h 46m 19.0s; -30º 16' 28"		Image File Name: n1097.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1097
General Catalogue Designation: 610		William Herschel Designation: V 48
John Herschel Designation: 2495		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 02h 40m 22s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.56s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 120° 51.5'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -15.3"
Summary Description: vB, L, vmE 151°, vbMN
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1790
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1097
Right Ascension (2000): 02h 46m 19.0s		Declination (2000): -30º 16' 28"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: S(B)b I-II
Constellation: Fornax		Position Angle: 130 °
Visual Magnitude: 9.4		Surface Brightness: 13.7
Blue Magnitude: 10.0		Object Size: 9.3'X6.3'
Also Cataloged As:	UA 41, MCG-05-07-024, ARP 77, ESO 416-G020, H V-48, h 2495, GC 610, AM 0244-302, PGC 10488
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 1097
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 116		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 354		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-73
Microsky: 887		GSC Small Region Number: 7011
POSS Blue Plate #: 28		POSS Red Plate #: 28
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1097
NGC 1097 = ESO 416-020 = MCG -05-07-024 = UGCA 41 = Arp 77 = PGC 10488 02 46 18.9 -30 16 28 V = 9.5; Size 9.3x6.3; SB = 13.8; PA = 130d 17.5": very bright, very large, very elongated NW-SE, very bright core. A companion galaxy N1097A is attached at the NW end. 8": bright, elongated NW-SE, bright core. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 1097
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [OHCDSO] Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Luginbuhl & Skiff - 1990) [GD-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (DeLange - 1987 to 2006) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [ARP] Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (H. Arp) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985) [RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 thru 2006) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [DSS] Digitized Sky Survey - 1st (102 CD-ROM) and 2nd (Web Site) Generation (STScI - 1994) [NED] NASA's Extragalactic Database (NED) located at http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/
Additional Notes
• 1st generation images were generated from the 102 CD-ROM version of the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) • 2nd generation images were generated at the DSS web site located at http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dsswin • Luginbuhl & Skiff page numbers are from 'Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects' by Christian B. Luginbuhl and Brian A. Skiff, produced by Cambridge University Press • Burnham's refers to 'Burnham's Celestial Handbook' in three volumes produced by Dover Publications, Inc. • Uranometria 2000 chart numbers are for those printings authored by Tirion, Rappaport & Lovi, and are not for the most recent printings authored by Tirion, Rappaport & Remaklus in which the charts were re-numbered, all of which were and/or are produced by Willmann-Bell, Inc. • The Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas is by D. Herald and P. Bobroff of Canberra, Australia and is produced by HB2000 Publications • Microsky® is the microfiche rendition of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) produced by Deen Publications (P.O. Box 867088; Plano Texas 75086) • POSS refers to the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey produced by The National Geographic Society in conjunction with The California Institute of Technology • All DSS image annotation was performed by Robert E. Erdmann, Jr., and is ©Copyright 1996 through 2008 by Robert E. Erdmann, Jr. - All rights reserved • All product names, trademarks, and copyrights are the property of their respective owners • Contemporary/Current Data for this object was hand collected and entered from the data sources listed in the "Data Sources Used" section of this table above.- Robert E. Erdmann, Jr.