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NGC 1858

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 1858
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  2nd Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  05h 09m 56.4s; -68º 53' 59"Image File Name:  n1858.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 1858
General Catalogue Designation:  1068William Herschel Designation:  ...
John Herschel Designation:  2785Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  05h 10m 37sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  -0.34s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  159° 3.7'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  -04.3"
Summary Description:  B, L, iE, biN, Cl + neb
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  James Dunlop (1793 - 1848)Year of Discovery:  1826
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  9Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 1858
Right Ascension (2000):  05h 09m 56.4sDeclination (2000):  -68º 53' 59"
Object Type:  Clus. w/neb. in LMCObject Classification:  --------------
Constellation:  DoradoPosition Angle:  ----- °
Visual Magnitude:  9.9Surface Brightness:  ----
Blue Magnitude:  9.8Object Size:  5.0'
Also Cataloged As:  ESO 056-SC074, h 2785, GC 1068
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 1858
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  ---Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  444Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-89,D-03,E-06,F-04
Microsky:  N/AGSC Small Region Number:  9161
POSS Blue Plate #:  N/APOSS Red Plate #:  N/A
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1858
NGC 1858 = ESO 056-SC074
05 09 56 -68 54.0

18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): third of three  
bright objects in a NW to SE string with N1850 and N1854/55.  
This is  a large and very unusual cluster with nebulosity.  
There is a bright  knot attached near the NW edge, ~15"-20" in diameter.  
This knot  responds very well to a UHC filter at 76x (27 Panoptic).  
An obvious  elongated patch of nebulous haze curves to the SE with several mag 13  
stars involved with the glow and extended N-S.  Overall, the size of  
the cluster/nebulosity extends to 3.5'x2'.  Located 4.5' SE of N1854.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 1858
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908)
[ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982)
[RE-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (Erdmann 1990 - 2006)
[HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006)
[RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 thru 2006)
[SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 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
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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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