NGC 660

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 660

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 01h 43m 01.7s; +13º 38' 34"		Image File Name: n0660.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 660
General Catalogue Designation: 390		William Herschel Designation: II 253
John Herschel Designation: ...		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 01h 35m 34s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.20s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 77° 3.8'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -18.3"
Summary Description: pB, pL, E, bM, r
Notes: …	Comments: …
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)			Year of Discovery: 1784
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 660
Right Ascension (2000): 01h 43m 01.7s		Declination (2000): +13º 38' 34"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: SB(s)aP
Constellation: Pisces		Position Angle: 170 °
Visual Magnitude: 11.4		Surface Brightness: 14.8
Blue Magnitude: 12.1		Object Size: 8.3'X3.2'
Also Cataloged As:	UGC 1201, MCG+02-05-013, PGC 6318, H II-253, GC 390, CGCG 437.012
Catalogue Notes: ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 660
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 198		Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------
Uranometria 2000: 173		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-38,C-56
Microsky: 469		GSC Small Region Number: 628
POSS Blue Plate #: 15		POSS Red Plate #: 14
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 660
NGC 0660 = UGC 01201 = MCG +02-05-013 = CGCG 437-012 = PGC 06318 01 43 01.7 +13 38 35 V = 11.2; Size 8.3x3.2; SB = 14.6; PA = 170d 17.5": fairly bright, large, oval SW-NE, broadly concentrated halo, mottled. A mag 14 double star is 1.8' ESE of center. Located 10' SE of mag 8.1 SAO 92589. U01195 lies 22' NNW. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 660
[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) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [RC3] Third Reference Catatalog of Bright Galaxies (de Vaucouleurs, Corwin, Buta, et. al. - 1991) [CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 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) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [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.