NGC 3198

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 3198

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 10h 19m 54.9s; +45º 33' 00"		Image File Name: n3198.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 3198
General Catalogue Designation: 2066		William Herschel Designation: I 199
John Herschel Designation: 695		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 10h 11m 14s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.70s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 43° 44.3		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +17.9"
Summary Description: pB, vL, mE 45°, vgbM
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1788
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 3198
Right Ascension (2000): 10h 19m 54.9s		Declination (2000): +45º 33' 00"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: Sc II
Constellation: Ursa Major		Position Angle: 35 °
Visual Magnitude: 10.2		Surface Brightness: 13.6
Blue Magnitude: 10.7		Object Size: 8.5'X3.3'
Also Cataloged As:	UGC 5572, MCG+08-19-020, H I-199, h 695, GC 2066, CGCG 240.030, PGC 30197
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 3198
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 244		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 72		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-13,C-14,C-31
Microsky: 168		GSC Small Region Number: 3435
POSS Blue Plate #: 1348		POSS Red Plate #: 1348
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3198
NGC 3198 = UGC 05572 = MCG +08-19-020 = CGCG 240-030 = PGC 30197 10 19 54.8 +45 32 59 V = 10.3; Size 8.5x3.3; SB = 13.8; PA = 35d 17.5": fairly bright, large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 7.0'x2.5', broadly concentrated, brighter core has an indistinct elongated nucleus and an irregular surface brightness. Two mag 14 stars are close S (nearest is 2.0' from the center) and a mag 11 star is just off the NNE edge 3.5' from the center. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 3198
[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) [UGC] Uppsala General Catalog of Galaxies (Nilson - 1973) [CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006) [RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 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.