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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1579 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 04h 30m 14.2s; +35º 16' 47" | Image File Name: n1579.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 15' x 15' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1579 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 853 | William Herschel Designation: I 217 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 315 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 04h 21m 03s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.92s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 55° 1.9' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -08.3" | ||
| Summary Description: pB, vL, iR, mbM, * 8 350°, 2' | |||
| Notes: † | Comments: … | ||
| Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1788 | ||
| Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
| Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
| Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1579 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 04h 30m 14.2s | Declination (2000): +35º 16' 47" | ||
| Object Type: Bright nebula | Object Classification: Reflection | ||
| Constellation: Perseus | Position Angle: ----- ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: ---- | Surface Brightness: ---- | ||
| Blue Magnitude: ---- | Object Size: 12'X8' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | LBN 767, H I-217, h 315, GC 853 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: Area = 0.002 sq. degrees | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 1579 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 194 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 96 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-35,C-36 | ||
| Microsky: 250 | GSC Small Region Number: 2381 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1458 | POSS Red Plate #: 1458 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1579 | |||
NGC 1579 = LBN 767 = Sh 2-222 04 30 14.3 +35 16 47 Size 12x8 17.5" (3/2/02): this bright reflection nebula appears nearly 5' in diameter with a prominent, slightly elongated 1.5' central region. The haze is irregular extending outward from this knot with the borders seemingly marked by a half- dozen stars situated around the periphery including a mag 11 star 2' N, a wide pair of mag 11.5-12 stars 1.6' and 2.3' NE and a pair of mag of mag 13 star ~2.5' S. Nebulosity extends mostly west and southwest of the central mass with a very faint piece to the south. 13": fairly bright, circular, fairly small, appears brightest at the following edge. Forms an equilateral triangle with two mag 11.5-12 stars off the N and NE edges both 2' from center. 8": faint nebulosity, diffuse. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 1579 | |||
| [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) [LBN] Catalog of Bright Nebula (Lynds) [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) [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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