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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 615 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 01h 35m 05.7s; -07º 20' 28" | Image File Name: n0615.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 615 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 363 | William Herschel Designation: II 282 | ||
John Herschel Designation: 137 | Other Observers: d'A | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 01h 28m 06s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.00s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 98° 3.4' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -18.6" | ||
Summary Description: pB, pL, ilE, gbM, r, * 8 np 10' | |||
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 615 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 01h 35m 05.7s | Declination (2000): -07º 20' 28" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SA(rs)b | ||
Constellation: Cetus | Position Angle: 155 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 11.7 | Surface Brightness: 13.3 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 12.3 | Object Size: 3.6'X1.4' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | MCG-01-05-008, PGC 5897, H II-282, h 137, GC 363 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 615 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 74 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 263 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-56 | ||
Microsky: 649 | GSC Small Region Number: 4687 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 916 | POSS Red Plate #: 916 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 615 | |||
NGC 0615 = MCG -01-05-008 = PGC 05897 01 35 05.6 -07 20 27 V = 11.6; Size 3.6x1.4; SB = 13.3; PA = 155d 17.5": moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 2'x1', evenly concentrated halo, very small bright core, bright stellar nucleus. Located 5.4' ENE of mag 8.5 SAO 129385 but otherwise the immediate field is almost devoid of stars. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 615 | |||
[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) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991) [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) [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 • 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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