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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 300 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 00h 54m 53.4s; -37º 41' 00" | Image File Name: n0300.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 20' x 20' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 300 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 169 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
John Herschel Designation: 2359 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 00h 48m 25s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.84s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 128° 27.1' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -19.6" | ||
Summary Description: pB, vL, vmE, vgpmbM | |||
Notes: *† | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: James Dunlop (1793 - 1848) | Year of Discovery: 1826 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 9 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 300 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 00h 54m 53.4s | Declination (2000): -37º 41' 00" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SA(s)d | ||
Constellation: Sculptor | Position Angle: 111 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 8.3 | Surface Brightness: 14.5 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 8.8 | Object Size: 21.9'X15.5' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | MCG-06-03-005, ESO 295-G020, PGC 3238, h 2359, GC 169, AM 0052-375 | ||
Catalogue Notes: DDO luminosity class: III-IV | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 300 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 222 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 351 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-74 | ||
Microsky: N/A | GSC Small Region Number: 7533 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: N/A | POSS Red Plate #: N/A | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 300 | |||
NGC 0300 = ESO 295-020 = MCG -06-03-005 = PGC 03238 00 54 53.4 -37 41 00 V = 8.1; Size 21.9x15.5; SB = 14.3; PA = 111d 13.1" (9/22/84): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 WNW-ESE, very diffuse, bright stellar nucleus. There is a hint of structure but has a low surface brightness. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 300 | |||
[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) [RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 thru 2006) [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) [SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985) [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) [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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