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NGC 1350

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 1350
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  03h 31m 08.1s; -33º 37' 44"Image File Name:  n1350.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 1350
General Catalogue Designation:  721William Herschel Designation:  ...
John Herschel Designation:  2545Other Observers:  Dunlop 591
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  03h 24m --sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +2.36s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  124° 12'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  -12.5"
Summary Description:  B, L, mE, vmbMRN
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 1350
Right Ascension (2000):  03h 31m 08.1sDeclination (2000):  -33º 37' 44"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  SBa-b
Constellation:  FornaxPosition Angle:  0 °
Visual Magnitude:  10.7Surface Brightness:  13.5
Blue Magnitude:  11.4Object Size:  5.2'X2.8'
Also Cataloged As:  MCG-06-08-023, ESO 358-G013, h 2545, GC 721, AM 0329-334,
PGC 13059
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 1350
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  117Burnham's (Volume : Page):  2:899
Uranometria 2000:  355Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-72,C-73,D-40
Microsky:  N/AGSC Small Region Number:  7024
POSS Blue Plate #:  N/APOSS Red Plate #:  N/A
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1350
NGC 1350 = ESO 358-013 = MCG -06-08-023 = PGC 13059
03 31 07.9 -33 37 42
V = 10.3;  Size 5.2x2.8;  SB = 13.1;  PA = 0d

17.5": bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 N-S, halo about 3'x2' although 
difficult determine exact dimensions as fades into the background.  Sharply 
concentrated with a very bright 20" round core and stellar nucleus.  A very 
faint star is just W of the S extension and two mag 12 stars are 2.7' SE and 
3.0' E of center.  Located 6' SW of mag 7.2 SAO 194353.  Fornax I cluster 
member.

8": fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 N-S, bright core.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 1350
[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)
[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)
[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
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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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