NGC 2024

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 2024

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 05h 41m 42.5s; -01º 51' 23"		Image File Name: n2024.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 40' x 40'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 2024
General Catalogue Designation: 1227		William Herschel Designation: V 28
John Herschel Designation: ...		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 05h 34m 47s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.03s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 91° 55.7'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -02.1"
Summary Description: ! irr, B, vvL, black sp incl
Notes: †	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1786
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 2024
Right Ascension (2000): 05h 41m 42.5s		Declination (2000): -01º 51' 23"
Object Type: Bright nebula		Object Classification: Emission
Constellation: Orion		Position Angle: ----- °
Visual Magnitude: ----		Surface Brightness: ----
Blue Magnitude: ----		Object Size: 30'X30'
Also Cataloged As:	H V-28, GC 1227, CED 55P
Catalogue Notes: The "Tank Track Nebula" or "Flame Nebula"
Book / Chart References for NGC 2024
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 178		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 226		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-53,D-24
Microsky: 599		GSC Small Region Number: 4767
POSS Blue Plate #: 435		POSS Red Plate #: 435
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 2024
NGC 2024 = Flame Nebula = Ced 55p 05 41 43 -01 51.4 Size 30x30 17.5": bright, very large. Consists of two main parallel sections elongated SSW-NNE separated by prominent detailed dark lanes. Excellent structure with ragged edges, gaps, streaks, rifts and various brightness levels. Zeta Orionis 15' NE detracts and the best view is unfiltered. 8": fairly bright, large. Consists of two parallel strips separated by a dark lane. The eastern strip is longer. Appears possibly broken (gap) at the base of "U". Best view with UHC filter. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 2024
[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) [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 • 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.