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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 6015 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 15h 51m 25.3s; +62º 18' 35" | Image File Name: n6015.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 6015 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 4149 | William Herschel Designation: III 739 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: ... | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 15h 49m 23s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +0.89s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 27° 16.0' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +10.8" | ||
| Summary Description: vF, pL, R, vgbM (d'A: B, mE) | |||
| Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
| Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1788 | ||
| Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
| Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
| Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 6015 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 15h 51m 25.3s | Declination (2000): +62º 18' 35" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sc II | ||
| Constellation: Draco | Position Angle: 28 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 11.2 | Surface Brightness: 13.7 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 11.7 | Object Size: 5.4'X2.1' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | UGC 10075, MCG+10-23-003, H III-739, GC 4149, CGCG 298.003, CGCG 319.028, KARA 710, IRAS 15506+6227, PGC 56219 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 6015 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 107 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 28 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-09 | ||
| Microsky: 101 | GSC Small Region Number: 4182 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1100 | POSS Red Plate #: 1100 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 6015 | |||
NGC 6015 = UGC 10075 = MCG +10-23-003 = CGCG 298-003 = CGCG 319-028 = PGC 56219 15 51 25.2 +62 18 35 V = 11.1; Size 5.4x2.1; SB = 13.6; PA = 28d 13.1": fairly faint, fairly large, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 4.0'x1.8', diffuse, almost even surface brightness. Located 2.3' E of a mag 11 star. A mag 13.5 star is at the SSW end 1.9' from the center. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 6015 | |||
| [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) [UGC] Uppsala General Catalog of Galaxies (Nilson - 1973) [CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968) [IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [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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