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NGC 3631

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 3631
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  11h 21m 02.9s; +53º 10' 09"Image File Name:  n3631.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 3631
General Catalogue Designation:  2379William Herschel Designation:  I 226
John Herschel Designation:  858Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  11h 13m 06sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +3.44s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  36° 3.1'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +19.7"
Summary Description:  pB, L, R, svmbMrN
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)Year of Discovery:  1789
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 3631
Right Ascension (2000):  11h 21m 02.9sDeclination (2000):  +53º 10' 09"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  Sc I
Constellation:  Ursa MajorPosition Angle:  … °
Visual Magnitude:  10.6Surface Brightness:  13.9
Blue Magnitude:  11.1Object Size:  5.0'X4.8'
Also Cataloged As:  UGC 6360, MCG+09-19-047, ARP 27, H I-226, h 858,
GC 2379, CGCG 268.021, VV 363, IRAS 11181+5326, PGC 34767
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 3631
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  247Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  46Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-12,C-13,D-35
Microsky:  130GSC Small Region Number:  3825
POSS Blue Plate #:  59POSS Red Plate #:  59
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3631
NGC 3631 = UGC 06360 = MCG +09-19-047 = CGCG 268-021 = Arp 27 = VV 363 = PGC 
34767
11 21 02.9 +53 10 10
V = 10.4;  Size 5.0x4.8;  SB = 13.7

17.5": bright, large, round, 3.5' diameter.  Sharp concentration with a 
prominent core which brightens to a nearly stellar nucleus.  The outer halo 
fades into the background and shows a hint of spiral arms.  Two mag 12-13 stars 
are 3.4' NE and 3.3' WNW of center.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 3631
[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)
[UGC] Uppsala General Catalog of Galaxies (Nilson - 1973)
[ARP] Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (H. Arp)
[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
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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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