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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 4216 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 12h 15m 54.1s; +13º 08' 59" | Image File Name: n4216.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 4216 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 2806 | William Herschel Designation: I 35 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 1148 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 12h 08m 46s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.06s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 76° 4.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +20.0" | ||
Summary Description: vB, vL, vmE 17°, sbMN | |||
Notes: † | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1784 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 4216 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 12h 15m 54.1s | Declination (2000): +13º 08' 59" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SAB(s)b: II | ||
Constellation: Virgo | Position Angle: 19 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 10.2 | Surface Brightness: 12.9 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 10.8 | Object Size: 8.1'X1.8' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | UGC 7284, MCG+02-31-072, VCC 167, PGC 39246, CGCG 069.112, H I-35, h 1148, GC 2806, IRAS 12133+1325 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 4216 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 258 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 193 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-30,C-48,D-33,E-10 | ||
Microsky: 495 | GSC Small Region Number: 879 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1385 | POSS Red Plate #: 1385 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4216 | |||
NGC 4216 = UGC 07284 = MCG +02-31-072 = CGCG 069-112 = PGC 39246 12 15 54.2 +13 08 59 V = 10.0; Size 8.1x1.8; SB = 12.8; PA = 19d 17.5": very bright, very large, edge-on 5:1 SSW-NNE, small very bright core. A mag 14 star is close E of the core. This is a striking galaxy and is the second of three edge-on galaxies in the same field with N4206 11' SW and N4222 12' NE in Coma Berenices! | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 4216 | |||
[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) [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) [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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