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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1566 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 04h 20m 00.7s; -54º 56' 16" | Image File Name: n1566.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1566 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 844 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 2635 | Other Observers: Dunlop 338 ?? | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 04h 16m 52s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +1.34s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 145° 16.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -08.7" | ||
| Summary Description: B, vL, vg, svmbM, 15s d in RA | |||
| Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
| 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 1566 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 04h 20m 00.7s | Declination (2000): -54º 56' 16" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sc | ||
| Constellation: Dorado | Position Angle: 3 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 9.8 | Surface Brightness: 13.4 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 10.4 | Object Size: 7.0'X4.7' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | ESO 157-G020, h 2635, GC 844, IRAS 04189-5503, PGC 14897, LGG 114-003 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: Prominent in group | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 1566 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 420 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-89,C-90 | ||
| Microsky: N/A | GSC Small Region Number: 8502 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: N/A | POSS Red Plate #: N/A | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1566 | |||
NGC 1566 = ESO 157-020 = LGG 114-003 = PGC 14897 04 20 00.4 -54 56 16 V = 9.7; Size 8.3x6.6; SB = 13.9; PA = 60d 13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): this member of the Dorado Group and Seyfert galaxy is bright, large, elongated 3:2 ~N-S. With careful viewing the halo extends to ~3'x2'. A spiral arm is attached on the west side and curves towards the north beyond the main body of the galaxy. On the eastern side a low surface brightness arm is attached (on an E-W line with a mag 12 star close following the galaxy) and extends a little to the south on the eastern side of the main body. Mag 8.2 HD 27713 lies 5.4' NW of center and a mag 9.9 star lies in the field 9' W. I was surprised to see the spiral arms so clearly! N1581 lies 40' E. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 1566 | |||
| [NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [RE-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (Erdmann 1990 - 2006) [IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989) [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) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 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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