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NGC 134

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 134
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  00h 30m 21.4s; -33º 14' 50"Image File Name:  n0134.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 134
General Catalogue Designation:  67William Herschel Designation:  ...
John Herschel Designation:  2327Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  00h 23m 28sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +2.98s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  124° 1.8'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  -19.9"
Summary Description:  vB, L, vmE 47°, psbM, f of 2, * 10 np 45"
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  James Dunlop (1793 - 1848)Year of Discovery:  1826
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  9Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 134
Right Ascension (2000):  00h 30m 21.4sDeclination (2000):  -33º 14' 50"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  SAB(s)bc
Constellation:  SculptorPosition Angle:  50 °
Visual Magnitude:  10.5Surface Brightness:  13.5
Blue Magnitude:  11.1Object Size:  8.5'X2.0'
Also Cataloged As:  MCG-06-02-012, ESO 350-G023, PGC 1851, GC 67, h 2327,
AM 0027-333
Catalogue Notes:  Paired with NGC 131?
Book / Chart References for NGC 134
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  221Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  351Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-57,C-74
Microsky:  N/AGSC Small Region Number:  6994
POSS Blue Plate #:  N/APOSS Red Plate #:  N/A
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 134
NGC 0134 = ESO 350-023 = MCG -06-02-012 = PGC 01851
00 30 21.5 -33 14 50
V = 10.4;  Size 8.5x2.0;  SB = 13.3;  PA = 50d

17.5" (12/3/88): bright, fairly large, very elongated SW-NE, sharp 
concentration, long faint arms.  Two mag 13.5 stars are at the preceding edge 
40" NNW of center and on the opposite side of the core 1.5' SE of center.  N131 
is in the field 9' WSW.

13" (9/22/84): fairly bright, very elongated SW-NE, small bright core, sharp 
edge along the W side.  A star is off the preceding side

8" (11/8/80): fairly faint, elongated, low surface brightness.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 134
[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)
[ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982)
[NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully)
[RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991)
[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)
[ESO-LV] The Surface Photometry Catalog Of The ESO-Uppsala Galaxies (Lauberts & Valentijn - 1989)
[SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 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
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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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