NGC 3486

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 3486

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 11h 00m 23.9s; +28º 58' 29"		Image File Name: n3486.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 3486
General Catalogue Designation: 2274		William Herschel Designation: I 87
John Herschel Designation: 805		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 10h 52m 45s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.29s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 60° 16.5'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +19.2"
Summary Description: cB, cL, R, gmbM
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1785
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 3486
Right Ascension (2000): 11h 00m 23.9s		Declination (2000): +28º 58' 29"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: Sc II
Constellation: Leo Minor		Position Angle: 80 °
Visual Magnitude: 10.3		Surface Brightness: 14.0
Blue Magnitude: 10.8		Object Size: 7.1'X5.2'
Also Cataloged As:	UGC 6079, MCG+05-26-032, H I-87, h 805, GC 2274, CGCG 155.041, PGC 33166
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 3486
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 152		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 106,105,146		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-31
Microsky: 318		GSC Small Region Number: 1980
POSS Blue Plate #: 1357		POSS Red Plate #: 1357
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3486
NGC 3486 = UGC 06079 = MCG +05-26-032 = CGCG 155-041 = PGC 33166 11 00 23.8 +28 58 30 V = 10.5; Size 7.1x5.2; SB = 14.3; PA = 80d 13.1": fairly bright, large, slightly elongated E-W, 4'x3', diffuse outer halo with a brighter core. Located 15' SW of mag 7.9 SAO 81621. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 3486
[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.