NGC 3115

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 3115

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 10h 05m 14.1s; -07º 43' 09"		Image File Name: n3115.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 15' x 15'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 3115
General Catalogue Designation: 2008		William Herschel Designation: I 163
John Herschel Designation: 668 = 3223		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 09h 58m 16s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.99s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 97° 2.5'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +17.3"
Summary Description: vB, L, vmE 46°. vgsmbMEN
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1787
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 3115
Right Ascension (2000): 10h 05m 14.1s		Declination (2000): -07º 43' 09"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: E-S0
Constellation: Sextans		Position Angle: 40 °
Visual Magnitude: 8.6		Surface Brightness: 11.6
Blue Magnitude: 9.5		Object Size: 7.2'X2.5'
Also Cataloged As:	MCG-01-26-018, H I-163, h 668, h 3223, GC 2008, UA 199, PGC 29265
Catalogue Notes: Spindle Galaxy/Nebula.
Book / Chart References for NGC 3115
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 231		Burnham's (Volume : Page): 3:1797
Uranometria 2000: 279		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-49,C-50
Microsky: 670		GSC Small Region Number: 5477
POSS Blue Plate #: 1530		POSS Red Plate #: 1530
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3115
NGC 3115 = MCG -01-26-018 = UGCA 199 = Spindle Galaxy = PGC 29265 10 05 14.1 -07 43 07 V = 8.9; Size 7.2x2.5; SB = 11.9; PA = 43d 17.5": very bright, fairly large, edge-on spindle 3:1 SW-NE, 5.5'x1.8'. Unusually high surface brightness, bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 12.5 star is 3.2' S of center and a mag 10.5 star is 8' E. MCG -01-26-021 lies 17' SSE. 13": stunning edge-on, very bright, small very bright core. 8": very bright, high surface brightness, very bright core. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 3115
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [OHCDSO] Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Luginbuhl & Skiff - 1990) [GD-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (DeLange - 1987 to 2006) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [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) [PGC] Principle Galaxy Catalog (Paturel et al. - 1989, 2003) [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.