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NGC 4088

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 4088
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  12h 05m 34.1s; +50º 32' 23"Image File Name:  n4088.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 4088
General Catalogue Designation:  2708William Herschel Designation:  I 206
John Herschel Designation:  ...Other Observers:  d'A, Schultz
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  11h 58m 25sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +3.07s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  38° 40.8'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +20.1"
Summary Description:  B, cL, E 55°, lbM
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)Year of Discovery:  1788
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 4088
Right Ascension (2000):  12h 05m 34.1sDeclination (2000):  +50º 32' 23"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  SAB(rs)bc II
Constellation:  Ursa MajorPosition Angle:  43 °
Visual Magnitude:  11.1Surface Brightness:  13.2
Blue Magnitude:  10.5Object Size:  5.8'X2.2'
Also Cataloged As:  UGC 7081, MCG+09-20-089, Arp 18, PGC 38302, H I-206,
GC 2708, CGCG 269.033, ARP 18, VV357, IRAS 12030+5049
Catalogue Notes:  Singular. Paired with NGC 4085.
Book / Chart References for NGC 4088
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  252Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  47,74Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-12,D-35
Microsky:  131GSC Small Region Number:  3457
POSS Blue Plate #:  1389POSS Red Plate #:  1389
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4088
NGC 4088 = UGC 07081 = MCG +09-20-089 = CGCG 269-033 = VV 357 = Arp 18 = PGC 
38302
12 05 34.1 +50 32 23
V = 10.6;  Size 5.8x2.2;  SB = 13.2;  PA = 43d

17.5": bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, 5.0'x2.0', mottled patchy 
appearance, small elongated brighter core but no nucleus.  A mag 15 star is 2' 
off the NW side.  Faint spiral structure visible with concentration.  An 
extremely faint arm is off the NE end curving towards a mag 14.5 star to the NE 
3.7' from center and a second extremely faint arm is just visible off the SW end 
curving to the south.  Forms a pair with N4085 11' SSW.

8": fairly bright, elongated SW-NE, weak concentration, cigar-shaped.  Forms a 
pair with N4085 11' SSW.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 4088
[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)
[ARP] Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (H. Arp)
[RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991)
[CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968)
[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
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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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