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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 7140 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 21h 52m 15.1s; -55º 34' 12" | Image File Name: n7140.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 7140 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 4707 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
John Herschel Designation: 3892 | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 21h 42m 29s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +4.23s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 147° 12.1' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -16.6" | ||
Summary Description: pF, cS, R, bM | |||
Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: John Frederick William Herschel (1792 - 1871) | Year of Discovery: 1834 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 7140 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 21h 52m 15.1s | Declination (2000): -55º 34' 12" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: SBbc | ||
Constellation: Indus | Position Angle: 18 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 12.1 | Surface Brightness: 14.7 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 12.7 | Object Size: 6.0'X4.0' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | NGC 7141, ESO 189-G007, h 3892, GC 4707, FAIR 354, AM 2148-554, IRAS 21488-5548, PGC 67532 | ||
Catalogue Notes: --------------- | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 7140 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): --- | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 438 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-76,C-77 | ||
Microsky: N/A | GSC Small Region Number: 8812 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: N/A | POSS Red Plate #: N/A | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 7140 | |||
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [RNGCC] RNGC Errata (Corwin) [RE-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (Erdmann 1990 - 2006) [IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989) [ESO] The ESO Uppsala Survey of the ESO(B) Atlas (Lauberts - 1982) [SGC] Southern Galaxy Catalog (Corwin - 1985) [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) [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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