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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 4183 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 12h 13m 16.9s; +43º 41' 52" | Image File Name: n4183.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 4183 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 2779 | William Herschel Designation: III 697 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 1128 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 12h 06m 13s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.03s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 45° 32.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +20.1" | ||
Summary Description: vF, cL, mE 170° ± | |||
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 4183 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 12h 13m 16.9s | Declination (2000): +43º 41' 52" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SA(s)cd?sp III | ||
Constellation: Canes Venatici | Position Angle: 166 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 12.4 | Surface Brightness: 13.8 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 12.9 | Object Size: 5.2'X0.8' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | UGC 7222, MCG+07-25-051, PGC 38988, H III-697, h 1128, GC 2779, CGCG 215.053, FGC 1368 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 4183 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 46 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 74 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-11,C-12,C-30,D-35 | ||
Microsky: 217 | GSC Small Region Number: 3019 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1367 | POSS Red Plate #: 1367 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4183 | |||
NGC 4183 = UGC 07222 = MCG +07-25-051 = CGCG 215-053 = FGC 1386 = PGC 38988 12 13 17.0 +43 41 53 V = 12.3; Size 5.2x0.8; SB = 13.7; PA = 166d 17.5": fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on about 7:1 NNW-SSE, 3.5'x0.5', broad concentration without a nucleus. A mag 13.5 star is superimposed at the SE edge of the core 0.8' from the center. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 4183 | |||
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [OHCDSO] Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Luginbuhl & Skiff - 1990) [GD-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (DeLange - 1987 to 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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