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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 289 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 00h 52m 41.7s; -31º 12' 28" | Image File Name: n0289.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 289 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 163 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 2355 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 00h 45m 58s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.90s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 121° 57.9' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -19.6" | ||
| Summary Description: vB, L, pmE, gbM, * 11 np | |||
| Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
| Discovered by: John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871) | Year of Discovery: 1834 | ||
| Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
| Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
| Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 289 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 00h 52m 41.7s | Declination (2000): -31º 12' 28" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SB(rs)bc | ||
| Constellation: Sculptor | Position Angle: 130 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 11.0 | Surface Brightness: 14.1 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 11.6 | Object Size: 5.1'X3.6' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | MCG-05-03-010, ESO 411-G025, VV 484, PGC 3089, h 2355, GC 163, AM 0050-312 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: Faint outer arms inv. DDO Luminosity class: I-II | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 289 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 222 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 351 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-74 | ||
| Microsky: 883 | GSC Small Region Number: 6998 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 21 | POSS Red Plate #: 21 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 289 | |||
NGC 0289 = ESO 411-025 = MCG -05-03-010 = PGC 03089 00 52 41.6 -31 12 28 V = 11.0; Size 5.1x3.6; SB = 14.0; PA = 130d 17.5" (12/3/88): fairly bright, fairly large, oval NW-SE, broad concentration. A mag 13.5 star is off the NW edge 3.2' from the center. 13" (9/22/84): fairly bright, oval ~E-W. A mag 13 star is off the W edge. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 289 | |||
| [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) [RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [PGC] Principle Galaxy Catalog (Paturel et al. - 1989, 2003) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [ESO-LV] The Surface Photometry Catalog Of The ESO-Uppsala Galaxies (Lauberts & Valentijn - 1989) [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. | |||
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