NGC 1624

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 1624

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 04h 40m 36.5s; +50º 27' 42"		Image File Name: n1624.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 1624
General Catalogue Designation: 879		William Herschel Designation: V 49
John Herschel Designation: ...		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 04h 29m 48s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +4.56s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 39° 50.2'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -07.6"
Summary Description: F, cL, iF, 6 or 7 st + neb
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1790
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 1624
Right Ascension (2000): 04h 40m 36.5s		Declination (2000): +50º 27' 42"
Object Type: Cluster w/nebulosity		Object Classification: II 1 p n
Constellation: Perseus		Position Angle: ----- °
Visual Magnitude: 11.8		Surface Brightness: ----
Blue Magnitude: ----		Object Size: 5'x5'
Also Cataloged As:	Cr 53, OCL 403, LUND 136, LBN 722, H V-49, GC 879, Sh2-212, Ced 37
Catalogue Notes: Area = 0.004 sq. degrees
Book / Chart References for NGC 1624
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 195		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 40,65		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-17,C-18
Microsky: 158		GSC Small Region Number: 3350
POSS Blue Plate #: 848		POSS Red Plate #: 848
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1624
NGC 1624 = OCL 403 = Ced 37 = LBN 722 = Sh 2-212 = Cr 53 04 40 37.2 +50 27 41 V = 10.4; Size 5x5 13.1": fairly bright, round, compact glow surrounding a small group of at least five stars using a UHC filter. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 1624
[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) [LUND] Lund Catalog of Open Clusters (Lynga) [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) [MOL] Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects (Dixon & Sonneborn - 1980) [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.