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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1512 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 04h 03m 54.2s; -43º 20' 57" | Image File Name: n1512.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1512 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 808 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
John Herschel Designation: 2607 | Other Observers: Dunlop 466 | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 03h 59m 20s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +1.97s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 133° 44.4' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -10.0" | ||
Summary Description: GC, B, cL, R, bM, rr | |||
Notes: … | Comments: Obviously NOT a globular cluster from the DSS Image. | ||
Discovered by: James Dunlop (1793 - 1848) | Year of Discovery: 1826 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 9 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1512 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 04h 03m 54.2s | Declination (2000): -43º 20' 57" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SB(r:)b | ||
Constellation: Horologium | Position Angle: 90 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 10.6 | Surface Brightness: 14.7 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.3 | Object Size: 8.9'X5.6' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | MCG-07-09-007, ESO 250-G004, h 2607, GC 808, AM 0402-433, IRAS 04022-4329, PGC 14391, LGG 108-003 | ||
Catalogue Notes: Stellar center. | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 1512 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 128 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 391 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-72,C-90 | ||
Microsky: N/A | GSC Small Region Number: 7583 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: N/A | POSS Red Plate #: N/A | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1512 | |||
NGC 1512 = ESO 250-004 = MCG -07-09-007 = AM 0402-433 = LGG 108-003 = PGC 14391 04 03 54.2 -43 20 56 V = 10.3; Size 8.9x5.6; SB = 14.4; PA = 90d 13.1" (2/18/04 - Costa Rica): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 SW-NE. Sharply concentrated with a bright, 30" core. No spiral arms were visible, although there was some brightening at the ends of the major axis. Forms a pair with N1510 5' SW. 13.1" (11/29/86): faint, small, slightly elongated. Forms a pair with N1510 5' SW. Very far south for viewing from Northern California. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 1512 | |||
[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. |
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