NGC 3137

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 3137

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 10h 09m 07.3s; -29º 03' 52"		Image File Name: n3137.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 3137
General Catalogue Designation: 2021		William Herschel Designation: ...
John Herschel Designation: 3230		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 10h 02m 30s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.72s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 118° 22.4'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +17.5"
Summary Description: vF, S, lE
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871)			Year of Discovery: 1837
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 3137
Right Ascension (2000): 10h 09m 07.3s		Declination (2000): -29º 03' 52"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: Sc
Constellation: Antlia		Position Angle: 1 °
Visual Magnitude: 11.7		Surface Brightness: 14.4
Blue Magnitude: 12.2		Object Size: 6.3'X2.2'
Also Cataloged As:	UA 203, MCG-05-24-024, ESO 435-G047, h 3230, GC 2021, AM 1006-284, IRAS 10068-2849, PGC 29530
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 3137
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): ---		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 365		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-67,C-68,D-37
Microsky: 904		GSC Small Region Number: 6629
POSS Blue Plate #: 59		POSS Red Plate #: 59
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3137
NGC 3137 = ESO 435-047 = MCG -05-24-024 = AM 1006-284 = UGCA 203 = PGC 29530 10 09 07.5 -29 03 52 V = 11.5; Size 6.3x2.2; SB = 14.2; PA = 1d 18" (3/5/05): faint, large, elongated at least 5:2 N-S, 3.0'x1.2', fairly low surface brightness. Broad, weak concentration in poor seeing. A mag 12 star is on the W side (0.3' from the geometric center). Located 7' SE of mag 9.4 SAO 178462. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 3137
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [GD-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (DeLange - 1987 to 2006) [IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985) [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) [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.