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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 5247 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 13h 38m 03.0s; -17º 53' 03" | Image File Name: n5247.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 5247 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 3614 | William Herschel Designation: II 297 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 1649 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 13h 30m 30s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.23s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 107° 10.1' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +18.5" | ||
| Summary Description: !!, {(H,h) cF, vL, vg, psmbMLN}{(L) 2 branched spiral} | |||
| Notes: † | Comments: … | ||
| Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1785 | ||
| Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
| Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
| Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 5247 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 13h 38m 03.0s | Declination (2000): -17º 53' 03" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SA(s)bc I-II | ||
| Constellation: Virgo | Position Angle: 20 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 10.4 | Surface Brightness: 13.9 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 11.0 | Object Size: 5.6'X4.9' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | MCG-03-35-011, ESO 577-G014, UA 368, PGC 48171, H II-297, h 1649, GC 3614, IRAS 13353-1737 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 5247 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 277 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 286,285,331,330 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-47,C-65 | ||
| Microsky: 799 | GSC Small Region Number: 6126 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1024 | POSS Red Plate #: 1024 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5247 | |||
NGC 5247 = ESO 577-014 = MCG -03-35-011 = UGCA 368 = PGC 48171 13 38 02.5 -17 53 01 V = 10.0; Size 5.6x4.9; SB = 13.4; PA = 20d 17.5": moderately bright, large, slightly elongated 4:3 SW-NE, about 4'x3', sharp concentration with a very weakly concentrated halo which fades into the background. Unusual appearance as suddenly rises to very small bright core 20"- 30" diameter. Spiral structure not seen. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 5247 | |||
| [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) [RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [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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