NGC 1398

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1398

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 03h 38m 52.0s; -26º 20' 12"		Image File Name: n1398.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1398
General Catalogue Designation: ...		William Herschel Designation: ...
John Herschel Designation: ...		Other Observers: Winnecke, Block
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 03h 32m 58s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.53s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 116° 47.7'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -12.0"
Summary Description: cB, cL, R, vmbM
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835 1897)			Year of Discovery: 1868
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 4.5		Telescope Type: Refractor
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1398
Right Ascension (2000): 03h 38m 52.0s		Declination (2000): -26º 20' 12"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: S(B)b- I
Constellation: Fornax		Position Angle: 100 °
Visual Magnitude: 9.8		Surface Brightness: 13.6
Blue Magnitude: 10.5		Object Size: 7.1'X5.4'
Also Cataloged As:	MCG-04-09-040, ESO 482-G022, AM 0336-263, PGC 13434
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 1398
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 118		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 312		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-72,D-39
Microsky: 833		GSC Small Region Number: 6450
POSS Blue Plate #: 908		POSS Red Plate #: 908
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1398
NGC 1398 = ESO 482-022 = MCG -04-09-040 = PGC 13434 03 38 52.0 -26 20 13 V = 9.7; Size 7.1x5.4; SB = 13.5; PA = 100d 17.5": very bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 N-S, 2.2'x1.1', well concentrated with a very bright 30" rounder core and a stellar nucleus. 8": fairly bright, moderately large, round, bright core. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 1398
[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) [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) [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.