NGC 1337

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1337

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 03h 28m 05.9s; -08º 23' 21"		Image File Name: n1337.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1337
General Catalogue Designation: ...		William Herschel Designation: ...
John Herschel Designation: ...		Other Observers: Sw III
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 03h 21m 17s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.91s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 98° 53.2'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -12.7"
Summary Description: eF, vL, mEns
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Lewis Swift (1820 - 1913)			Year of Discovery: 1885
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 16		Telescope Type: Refractor
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1337
Right Ascension (2000): 03h 28m 05.9s		Declination (2000): -08º 23' 21"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: S- IV:
Constellation: Eridanus		Position Angle: … °
Visual Magnitude: 11.6		Surface Brightness: 13.8
Blue Magnitude: 12.1		Object Size: 5.8'X1.5'
Also Cataloged As:	MCG-02-09-042, PGC 12916
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 1337
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 111		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 267,266		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-54,C-55
Microsky: 653		GSC Small Region Number: 5296
POSS Blue Plate #: 1456		POSS Red Plate #: 1456
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1337
NGC 1337 = MCG -02-09-042 = PGC 12916 03 28 05.8 -08 23 21 V = 11.9; Size 5.8x1.5; SB = 14.1; PA = 145d 13.1": fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, even surface brightness. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 1337
[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) [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) [MOL] Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects (Dixon & Sonneborn - 1980) [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.