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NGC 7184

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 7184
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  22h 02m 39.8s; -20º 48' 46"Image File Name:  n7184.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 7184
General Catalogue Designation:  4739William Herschel Designation:  II 1
John Herschel Designation:  2143Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  21h 54m 53sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +3.34s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  111° 29.0'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  -17.2"
Summary Description:  pB, pL, mE 64°, bet 3 st, er
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)Year of Discovery:  1783
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 7184
Right Ascension (2000):  22h 02m 39.8sDeclination (2000):  -20º 48' 46"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  S(r:)b:
Constellation:  AquariusPosition Angle:  62 °
Visual Magnitude:  11.4Surface Brightness:  13.6
Blue Magnitude:  11.9Object Size:  6.0'X1.5'
Also Cataloged As:  MCG-04-52-009, ESO 601-G009, UA 425, H II-1, h 2143,
GC 4739, IRAS 21599-2103, PGC 67904
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 7184
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  25Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  346Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-58,C-59
Microsky:  876GSC Small Region Number:  6382
POSS Blue Plate #:  1151POSS Red Plate #:  1151
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 7184
NGC 7184 = ESO 601-009 = MCG -04-52-009 = UGCA 425
22 02 39.8 -20 48 46
V = 10.8;  Size 6.0x1.5;  SB = 13.1;  PA = 61d

17.5" (10/12/85): bright, large, very elongated WSW-ENE, small bright core, long 
faint extensions 5'-6' length.  A mag 12 star is off the NE edge.  In a group 
with N7180, N7185 and N7188.

8" (8/28/81): faint, fairly large, edge-on, narrow.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 7184
[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)
[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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