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NGC 4565

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 4565
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  12h 36m 20.7s; +25º 59' 19"Image File Name:  n4565.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  20' x 20'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 4565
General Catalogue Designation:  3106William Herschel Designation:  V 24
John Herschel Designation:  1357Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  12h 29m 24sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +2.09s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  63° 14.5'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +19.9"
Summary Description:  B, eL, eE 135°, vsbMN = * 10.11
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)Year of Discovery:  1785
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 4565
Right Ascension (2000):  12h 36m 20.7sDeclination (2000):  +25º 59' 19"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  Sb I
Constellation:  Coma BerenicesPosition Angle:  136 °
Visual Magnitude:  9.5Surface Brightness:  13.2
Blue Magnitude:  10.1Object Size:  15.8'X2.1'
Also Cataloged As:  UGC 7772, MCG+04-30-006, H V-24, h 1357, GC 3106,
CGCG 129.010, FGC 1471, KUG 1233+262, PGC 42038
Catalogue Notes:  Magnificent edge-on galaxy! (AZDB)
Book / Chart References for NGC 4565
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  85Burnham's (Volume : Page):  2:688
Uranometria 2000:  149Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-29,C-30
Microsky:  378GSC Small Region Number:  1990
POSS Blue Plate #:  1435POSS Red Plate #:  1435
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4565
NGC 4565 = UGC 07772 = MCG +04-30-006 = CGCG 129-010 = FGC 1471 = PGC 42038
12 36 20.6 +25 59 15
V = 9.6;  Size 15.8x2.1;  SB = 13.3;  PA = 136d

17.5": bright, very large, edge-on 12:1 NW-SE, dimensions approximately 
16'x1.5'.  A beautiful dark lane is visible continuously with direct vision 
along most of major axis although more prominent in the center.  The galaxy is 
split asymmetrically by the dust lane with the southern half both larger and 
brighter.  There is subtle scalloped structure visible along the dust lane.  
Contains a small bright core with a stellar nucleus at the south edge of the 
lane.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.6' NE of the center.

13": a faint dark lane splits central bulge into two unequal parts.  The nucleus 
is brightest to the south of the lane.  The northern section beyond the lane is 
fainter.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 4565
[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)
[CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968)
[MOL] Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects (Dixon & Sonneborn - 1980)
[MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 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)
[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
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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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