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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1232 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 03h 09m 45.1s; -20º 34' 45" | Image File Name: n1232.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1232 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 651 | William Herschel Designation: II 258 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 2509 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 03h 03m 27s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.70s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 111° 7.0' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -13.9" | ||
| Summary Description: pB, cL, R, gbM, 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 1232 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 03h 09m 45.1s | Declination (2000): -20º 34' 45" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sc I | ||
| Constellation: Eridanus | Position Angle: 108 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 10.1 | Surface Brightness: 14.1 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 10.6 | Object Size: 7.4'X6.5' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | MCG-04-08-032, ESO 547-G014, ARP 41, H II-258, h 2509, GC 651, PGC 11819 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 1232 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 110 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 311 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-72,C-73,D-39 | ||
| Microsky: 832 | GSC Small Region Number: 5871 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 897 | POSS Red Plate #: 897 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1232 | |||
NGC 1232 = ESO 547-0141 = MCG -04-08-032 = Arp 41 = PGC 11819 03 09 45.1 -20 34 46 V = 9.9; Size 7.4x6.5; SB = 13.9; PA = 108d 17.5": bright, large, slightly elongated, bright core, very large faint halo. Located 8' WSW of mag 8.6 SAO 168347. 13": large, large bright core, substellar nucleus, very diffuse outer halo. An arm is suspected attached at the west end and winding towards the east on the north side of the core. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 1232 | |||
| [NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [OHCDSO] Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Luginbuhl & Skiff - 1990) [RE-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (Erdmann 1990 - 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) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 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. | |||
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