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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1253 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 03h 14m 09.2s; -02º 49' 21" | Image File Name: n1253.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1253 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 664 | William Herschel Designation: IV 17 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: ... | Other Observers: d'A | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 03h 07m 07s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.02s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 93° 20.3' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -13.7" | ||
| Summary Description: * 12 with neb f, 90" l | |||
| 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 1253 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 03h 14m 09.2s | Declination (2000): -02º 49' 21" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: S(B)c | ||
| Constellation: Eridanus | Position Angle: 75 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 11.7 | Surface Brightness: 14.3 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 12.4 | Object Size: 5.2'X2.3' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | UA 62, MCG-01-09-018, ARP 179, H IV-17, GC 664, PGC 12041 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: Faint, small companion north following = PGC 12053 | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 1253 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 221 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-54,C-55 | ||
| Microsky: 653 | GSC Small Region Number: 4711 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1456 | POSS Red Plate #: 1456 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1253 | |||
NGC 1253 = MCG -01-09-018 = UGCA 62 = Arp 279 = PGC 12041 03 14 09.1 -02 49 22 V = 11.7; Size 5.2x2.3; SB = 14.3; PA = 82d 17.5": moderately bright, oval ~E-W, no central brightening but contains a slightly brighter knot at the NE end. A mag 12 star is involved at the west end 52" from the center and a mag 11 star is 2.9' ENE of center. Forms a double system with N1253A 3.7' ENE (just following the mag 11 star) which was not seen. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 1253 | |||
| [NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [GD-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (DeLange - 1987 to 2006) [ARP] Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (H. Arp) [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) [PGC] Principle Galaxy Catalog (Paturel et al. - 1989, 2003) [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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