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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 3726 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 11h 33m 21.3s; +47º 01' 44" | Image File Name: n3726.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 3726 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 2445 | William Herschel Designation: II 730 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 910 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 11h 25m 45s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.28s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 42° 11.0' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +19.8" | ||
Summary Description: pB, vL, lE 0°, vsmbM * 15, * 11 n | |||
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 3726 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 11h 33m 21.3s | Declination (2000): +47º 01' 44" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sc I-II | ||
Constellation: Ursa Major | Position Angle: 10 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 10.5 | Surface Brightness: 13.9 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.0 | Object Size: 6.2'X4.3' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | UGC 6537, MCG+08-21-051, H II-730, h 910, GC 2445, CGCG 242.045, IRAS 11306+4718, PGC 35676 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 3726 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 248 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 73,74 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-12,C-13,C-30,D-35 | ||
Microsky: 170 | GSC Small Region Number: 3451 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 700 | POSS Red Plate #: 700 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3726 | |||
NGC 3726 = UGC 06537 = MCG +08-21-051 = CGCG 242-045 = PGC 35676 11 33 21.1 +47 01 45 V = 10.4; Size 6.2x4.3; SB = 13.8; PA = 10d 17.5": bright, large, oval 2:1 N-S, 5.0'x2.5', patchy mottled appearance, very small or stellar nucleus but no core. A mag 12 star is at the N tip 2.4' from the center. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 3726 | |||
[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) [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) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [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. |
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