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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 4100 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 12h 06m 08.3s; +49º 34' 58" | Image File Name: n4100.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 4100 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 2715 | William Herschel Designation: III 717 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 1084 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 11h 59m 00s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.07s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 39° 38.8' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +20.1" | ||
Summary Description: pB, vL, vmE 161°, vgvlbM | |||
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 4100 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 12h 06m 08.3s | Declination (2000): +49º 34' 58" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: (R')SA(rs)bc | ||
Constellation: Ursa Major | Position Angle: 167 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 11.0 | Surface Brightness: 13.3 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.6 | Object Size: 5.4'X1.8' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | UGC 7095, MCG+08-22-068, PGC 38370, H III-717, h 1084, GC 2715, CGCG 243.044, IRAS 12036+4951 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 4100 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 252 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 47,74 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-12,D-35 | ||
Microsky: 171 | GSC Small Region Number: 3457 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1338 | POSS Red Plate #: 1338 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4100 | |||
NGC 4100 = UGC 07095 = MCG +08-22-068 = CGCG 243-044 = PGC 38370 12 06 08.4 +49 34 59 V = 11.2; Size 5.4x1.8; SB = 13.5; PA = 167d 17.5": bright, very large, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 4.0'x1.5', large brighter core, faint stellar nucleus. The northern extension appears slightly brighter. Mag 8.2 SAO 44027 is 7' NW. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 4100 | |||
[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) [RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991) [CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 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) [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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