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NGC 5792

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 5792
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  14h 58m 22.7s; -01º 05' 27"Image File Name:  n5792.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 5792
General Catalogue Designation:  4013William Herschel Designation:  II 683
John Herschel Designation:  ...Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  14h 51m 12sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +3.08s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  90° 31.5'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +14.7"
Summary Description:  pB, pL, R, mbM, * 8.9 np 1'
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)Year of Discovery:  1787
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 5792
Right Ascension (2000):  14h 58m 22.7sDeclination (2000):  -01º 05' 27"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  SBb
Constellation:  LibraPosition Angle:  84 °
Visual Magnitude:  11.6Surface Brightness:  14.1
Blue Magnitude:  12.2Object Size:  6.9'X1.7'
Also Cataloged As:  UGC 9631, MCG+00-38-012, CGCG 020.038, H II-683, GC 4013,
IRAS 14557-0053, PGC 53499
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 5792
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  156Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  243Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-46
Microsky:  622GSC Small Region Number:  4987
POSS Blue Plate #:  1613POSS Red Plate #:  1613
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5792
NGC 5792 = UGC 09631 = MCG +00-38-012 = CGCG 020-038 = PGC 53499
14 58 22.7 -01 05 24
V = 11.3;  Size 6.9x1.7;  SB = 13.8;  PA = 84d

17.5" (6/12/99): moderately bright, fairly large, broad concentration with a 
quasi-stellar nucleus at moments with direct vision.  A mag 10 star close WNW of 
the core detracts from viewing.  Initially appeared ~2.5'x1.5', but with averted 
vision, very low surface brightness extensions oriented E-W increase the 
dimensions to at least 4'x1.5'.  The ends of the arms fade into the background 
so difficult to judge size.

8" (6/30/84): faint, elongated 5:2 ~E-W, very diffuse, even surface brightness.  
A mag 10 star is atttached at the WNW side of the core 1.1' from center and 
interferes from viewing.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 5792
[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)
[HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006)
[RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 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)
[MOL] Master List of Nonstellar Optical Astronomical Objects (Dixon & Sonneborn - 1980)
[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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