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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 4038 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 12h 01m 53.0s; -18º 52' 07" | Image File Name: n4038.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 20' x 20' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 4038 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 2670 | William Herschel Designation: IV 28.1 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 1052 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 11h 54m 44s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.06s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 108° 5.3' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +20.1" | ||
| Summary Description: pB, cL, R, vgbM | |||
| 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 4038 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 12h 01m 53.0s | Declination (2000): -18º 52' 07" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sc | ||
| Constellation: Corvus | Position Angle: 80 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 10.5 | Surface Brightness: 13.3 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 10.9 | Object Size: 5.2'X3.1' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | UA 264, MCG-03-31-014, ARP 244, ESO 572-IG047, H IV-28.1, h 1052, GC 2670, VV 245, PGC 37967 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: Member-Ringtail or Antennae Galaxy. | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 4038 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 93 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): 2:719 | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 328,327 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-48,C-66 | ||
| Microsky: 795 | GSC Small Region Number: 6097 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1030 | POSS Red Plate #: 1030 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4038 | |||
NGC 4038 = ESO 572-047 = MCG -03-31-014 = UGCA 264 = VV 245e = Arp 244a = Antennae = Ring-Tail galaxy = PGC 37967 12 01 52.9 -18 52 08 V = 10.3; Size 5.2x3.1; SB = 13.1; PA = 80d 17.5" (4/29/84 and 5/14/88): fairly bright, moderately large. Forms a striking "shrimp-like" or "comma" shape with the tail attached at the E end and extending to the S. Appears clearly darker between the two objects on the W side. 13" (5/21/82): appears as two irregular galaxies connected at the E end. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 4038 | |||
| [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) [IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [ARP] Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (H. Arp) [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. | |||
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