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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 2784 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 09h 12m 19.3s; -24º 10' 18" | Image File Name: n2784.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 2784 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 1780 | William Herschel Designation: I 59 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 571 = 3148 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 09h 06m 05s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.67s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 113° 35.9' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +14.6" | ||
Summary Description: B, L, mE 64°, gmbM | |||
Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1784 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 2784 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 09h 12m 19.3s | Declination (2000): -24º 10' 18" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: S0 | ||
Constellation: Hydra | Position Angle: 73 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 10.3 | Surface Brightness: 12.9 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.2 | Object Size: 5.5'X2.2' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | UA 152, MCG-04-22-005, ESO 497-G023, H I-59, h 571, h 3148, GC 1780, AM 0910-235, PGC 25950 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 2784 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 322 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-68 | ||
Microsky: 846 | GSC Small Region Number: 6586 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1529 | POSS Red Plate #: 1529 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 2784 | |||
NGC 2784 = ESO 497-023 = MCG -04-22-005 = UGCA 152 = PGC 25950 09 12 19.2 -24 10 18 V = 10.2; Size 5.5x2.2; SB = 12.8; PA = 73d 17.5": very bright, moderately large, very bright core with much fainter extensions, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, possibly a sharper edge along the N side. A mag 10.5 star is 3.7' E of center. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 2784 | |||
[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) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [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) [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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