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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 5253 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 13h 39m 55.9s; -31º 38' 31" | Image File Name: n5253.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 5253 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 3620 | William Herschel Designation: II 638 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 3526 | Other Observers: Dunlop 623 | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 13h 32m 00s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.39s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 120° 55.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +18.4" | ||
| Summary Description: B, pL, E 45° ±, psmbM | |||
| Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
| Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1787 | ||
| Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
| Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
| Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 5253 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 13h 39m 55.9s | Declination (2000): -31º 38' 31" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: ImP: | ||
| Constellation: Centaurus | Position Angle: 45 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 10.7 | Surface Brightness: 13.0 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 11.1 | Object Size: 5.0'X1.9' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | MCG-05-32-060, ESO 445-G004, UA 369, PGC 48334, H II-638, h 3526, GC 3620, AM 1337-312, IRAS 13370-3123 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 5253 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): 1:571 | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 370,371 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-65,D-29 | ||
| Microsky: 913 | GSC Small Region Number: 7266 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 89 | POSS Red Plate #: 89 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5253 | |||
NGC 5253 = ESO 445-004 = MCG -05-32-060 = UGCA 369 = PGC 48334 13 39 55.9 -31 38 24 V = 10.4; Size 5.0x1.9; Surf Br = 12.8; PA = 43d 18" (7/11/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): very bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE. Very well concentrated with an intense 20" core. The outer extent of the extension increase with averted vision and fade at the tips with overall dimensions of ~2.0'x0.7'. At the NE edge of the core is a very small, bright knot appearing similar to an offset nucleus of a galaxy, particularly using direct vision. This small starburst galaxy is classified as a "Blue Dwarf" and harbors Super Star Clusters (SSC) near its nucleus. N5253 is likely part of the M83 group. 13.1" (5/26/84): bright, elongated, very bright core. 8" (5/21/82): bright, elongated SW-NE, bright core. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 5253 | |||
| [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) [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) [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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