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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 5101 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 13h 21m 46.1s; -27º 25' 47" | Image File Name: n5101.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 5101 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 3503 | William Herschel Designation: II 567 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 3493 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 13h 14m 04s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.29s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 116° 41.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +19.0" | ||
Summary Description: cB, pS, lE, psbM * | |||
Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1786 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 5101 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 13h 21m 46.1s | Declination (2000): -27º 25' 47" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SB(r)0-a | ||
Constellation: Hydra | Position Angle: … ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 10.6 | Surface Brightness: 13.9 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.4 | Object Size: 5.4'X4.6' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | MCG-04-32-008, ESO 508-G058, UA 351, H II-567, GC 3503, AM 1319-271, IRAS 13190-2709, PGC 46661 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 5101 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 330,370 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-65,D-29 | ||
Microsky: 856 | GSC Small Region Number: 6708 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1039 | POSS Red Plate #: 1039 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5101 | |||
NGC 5101 = ESO 508-058 = MCG -04-32-008 = UGCA 351 = PGC 46661 13 21 46.1 -27 25 47 V = 10.6; Size 5.4x4.6; SB = 13.9 13.1": moderately bright, elongated WNW-ESE, gradually increases to a small bright core. A mag 12.5 star is 1.6' W of center. N5078 lies 27' W. 8": fairly faint, small, elongated NW-SE. A mag 12 star is close W. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 5101 | |||
[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) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [CSPGA] A Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations (Arp & Madore - 1987) [SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985) [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) [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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