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NGC 5161

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 5161
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  13h 29m 14.1s; -33º 10' 29"Image File Name:  n5161.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 5161
General Catalogue Designation:  3551William Herschel Designation:  ...
John Herschel Designation:  3511Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  13h 21m 19sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +3.37s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  122° 26.4'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +18.8"
Summary Description:  pF, L, vmE, pgbM, rr
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871)Year of Discovery:  1836
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 5161
Right Ascension (2000):  13h 29m 14.1sDeclination (2000):  -33º 10' 29"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  Sc IV
Constellation:  CentaurusPosition Angle:  77 °
Visual Magnitude:  11.6Surface Brightness:  13.0
Blue Magnitude:  12.3Object Size:  5.6'X2.2'
Also Cataloged As:  MCG-05-32-031, ESO 383-G004, UA 359, h 3511, GC 3551,
IRAS 13264-3255, PGC 47321
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 5161
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  ---Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  370Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-65,D-29
Microsky:  912GSC Small Region Number:  7268
POSS Blue Plate #:  80POSS Red Plate #:  80
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5161
NGC 5161 = ESO 383-004 = MCG -05-32-031 = UGCA 359 = PGC 47321
13 29 13.9 -33 10 26
V = 11.2;  Size 5.6x2.2;  Surf Br = 13.8;  PA = 80d

18" (5/29/05): large, oval WSW-ENE, ~4'x2'.  Broad concentration with  
a large, ill-defined core which seems offset to the east side (or the  
outer halo is irregular lit).  A mag 10.3 star lies 3.9' W of center  
and a mag 11.5 star is off the NE flank.  This photogenic spiral  
(thin arms with knots and HII regins) was host to a pair of recent  
supernova – 1998E and 1974B.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 5161
[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)
[IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989)
[ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982)
[SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985)
[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
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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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