NGC 6334

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 6334

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 2nd Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 17h 20m 49.7s; -36º 06' 10"		Image File Name: n6334.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 15' x 15'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 6334
General Catalogue Designation: 4288		William Herschel Designation: ...
John Herschel Designation: 3678		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 17h 11m 03s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +4.02s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 125° 54.9'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): +4.1"
Summary Description: *cF, vL, icF, vglbf, 8 inv**
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871)			Year of Discovery: 1837
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 6334
Right Ascension (2000): 17h 20m 49.7s		Declination (2000): -35º 06' 10"
Object Type: Cluster w/nebulosity		Object Classification: Emission
Constellation: Scorpius		Position Angle: ----- °
Visual Magnitude: ----		Surface Brightness: ----
Blue Magnitude: ----		Object Size: 35'X20'
Also Cataloged As:	ESO 392-EN009, Lund 745, h 3678, GC 4288, Sh2-8, CED 140
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 6334
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): ---		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 376		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-62,D-12
Microsky: N/A		GSC Small Region Number: 7374
POSS Blue Plate #: N/A		POSS Red Plate #: N/A
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 6334
NGC 6334 = ESO 392-EN009 = Lund 745 = Cat's Paw Nebula 17 20 50 -36 06.2 Size 40x30 13.1": fairly easy nebulosity surrounds mag 8 star with UHC filter and extends 30' N. This is an unusually large nebulosity, mostly visible surrounding stars and includes a close faint triple star. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 6334
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [RE-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (Erdmann 1990 - 2006) [LUND] Lund Catalog of Open Clusters (Lynga) [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) [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 • 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.