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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 4178 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 12h 12m 46.5s; +10º 52' 05" | Image File Name: n4178.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 4178 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 2775 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
John Herschel Designation: 1125 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 12h 05m 36s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.06s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 78° 20.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +20.1" | ||
Summary Description: vF, vL, E 45° ±, * 7 f | |||
Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871) | Year of Discovery: 1825 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 4178 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 12h 12m 46.5s | Declination (2000): +10º 52' 05" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SB(rs)dm II | ||
Constellation: Virgo | Position Angle: 30 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 11.4 | Surface Brightness: 13.7 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.9 | Object Size: 5.1'X1.8' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | IC 3042, UGC 7215, MCG+02-31-050, PGC 38943, VCC 66, CGCG 069.088, h 1125, GC 2775 | ||
Catalogue Notes: Member of Virgo group of galaxies | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 4178 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 193 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-48,D-33,E-10,E-12 | ||
Microsky: 495 | GSC Small Region Number: 869 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1385 | POSS Red Plate #: 1385 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4178 | |||
NGC 4178 = UGC 07215 = MCG +02-31-050 = CGCG 069-088 = IC 3042 = PGC 38943 12 12 46.2 +10 51 49 V = 11.4; Size 5.1x1.8; SB = 13.7; PA = 30d 17.5": fairly bright, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, very large but diffuse. Gradually increases to a small bright core and faint stellar nucleus. There appears to a probable knot(s) visible along the SW edge. Located 7.0' WNW of mag 7.6 SAO 99995. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 4178 | |||
[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) [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) [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 • 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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