NGC 1187

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1187

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 03h 02m 37.7s; -22º 52' 03"		Image File Name: n1187.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1187
General Catalogue Designation: 640		William Herschel Designation: III 245
John Herschel Designation: 2504		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 02h 56m 25s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.67s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 113° 25.1'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -14.3"
Summary Description: *pF, cL, pmE, gbM 16, r**
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1784
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1187
Right Ascension (2000): 03h 02m 37.7s		Declination (2000): -22º 52' 03"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: Sc I
Constellation: Eridanus		Position Angle: 130 °
Visual Magnitude: 10.7		Surface Brightness: 13.9
Blue Magnitude: 11.2		Object Size: 5.5'X4.1'
Also Cataloged As:	UA 49, MCG-04-08-016, ESO 480-G023, H III-245, h 2504, GC 640, AM 0300-230, PGC 11479
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 1187
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 110		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 311		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-73,D-39
Microsky: 832		GSC Small Region Number: 6438
POSS Blue Plate #: 897		POSS Red Plate #: 897
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1187
NGC 1187 = ESO 480-023 = MCG -04-08-016 = UGCA 49 = PGC 11479 03 02 37.4 -22 52 03 V = 10.8; Size 5.5x4.1; SB = 14.0; PA = 130d 17.5": moderately bright, fairly large, 4'x3' NW-SE. Elongated in the direction of mag 8.8 SAO 168248 4.7' NW of center. Broad concentration to an ill-defined core which contains a faint but distinct stellar nucleus. 8": faint, fairly large, elongated, diffuse. Located 4.7' SE of a mag 9 star. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 1187
[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) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006) [RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 thru 2006) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [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.