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NGC 4826

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 4826
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  12h 56m 44.2s; +21º 40' 58"Image File Name:  n4826.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 4826
General Catalogue Designation:  3321William Herschel Designation:  ...
John Herschel Designation:  1486Other Observers:  M 64
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  12h 49m 51sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +2.95s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  67° 33.5'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +19.6"
Summary Description:  ! vB, vL, vmE 120° ±, bMSBN
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Edward Pigott (1753 - 1825)Year of Discovery:  1779
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  -Telescope Type:  Refractor
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 4826
Right Ascension (2000):  12h 56m 44.2sDeclination (2000):  +21º 40' 58"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  Sb
Constellation:  Coma BerenicesPosition Angle:  115 °
Visual Magnitude:  8.4Surface Brightness:  12.6
Blue Magnitude:  9.1Object Size:  10.0'X5.4'
Also Cataloged As:  M64, UGC 8062, MCG+04-31-001, h 1486, GC 3321,
CGCG 130.001, KARA 559, IRAS 12542+2157, PGC 44182
Catalogue Notes:  The Black-eye Galaxy.
Book / Chart References for NGC 4826
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  86Burnham's (Volume : Page):  2:677
Uranometria 2000:  149Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-29
Microsky:  379GSC Small Region Number:  1455
POSS Blue Plate #:  1581POSS Red Plate #:  1581
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 4826
NGC 4826 = M64 = U08062 = MCG +04-31-001 = CGCG 130-001 = Black-eye Galaxy = PGC 
44182
12 56 43.6 +21 40 57
V = 8.5;  Size 10.0x5.4;  SB = 12.7;  PA = 115d

13.1": very bright, large, oval 2:1 WNW-ESE, 6'x3', small bright core, almost 
stellar nucleus.  The famous curved dark patch = "Blackeye" located NE of the 
core is quite prominent and visible with direct vision.  Located 55' NE of the 
tight double star 35 Comae.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 4826
[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)
[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)
[MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968)
[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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