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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 4293 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 12h 21m 12.6s; +18º 22' 56" | Image File Name: n4293.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 4293 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 2867 | William Herschel Designation: V 5 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 1195 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 12h 14m 08s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.04s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 70° 50.5' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +20.0" | ||
| Summary Description: F, vL, E, lbM, r | |||
| 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 4293 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 12h 21m 12.6s | Declination (2000): +18º 22' 56" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: (R)SB(s)0/a | ||
| Constellation: Coma Berenices | Position Angle: 72 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 10.5 | Surface Brightness: 13.2 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 11.3 | Object Size: 5.6'X2.6' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | UGC 7405, MCG+03-32-006, VCC 460, PGC 39907, H V-5, h 1195, GC 2867, CGCG 099.023, IRAS 12186+1839 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 4293 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 81 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 148 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-30,C-48,D-33,E-10 | ||
| Microsky: 436 | GSC Small Region Number: 1445 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1576 | POSS Red Plate #: 1576 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4293 | |||
NGC 4293 = UGC 07405 = MCG +03-32-006 = CGCG 099-023 = PGC 39907 12 21 13.0 +18 23 00 V = 10.4; Size 5.6x2.6; SB = 13.1; PA = 72d 17.5": fairly bright, large, elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, ~4.5'x1.5'. The core is more oval, ~1.2' diameter. The galaxy has an irregular surface brightness and there appears to be a dark band following the core. A mag 13.5 star is just off the following end 2.7' from center and a trio of mag 12-13 stars are off the NE end as well as another mag 13 star 2' N of center. Located 36' N of 11 Comae Berenices (V = 4.7). | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 4293 | |||
| [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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