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| Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 772 | |||
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| DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
| Image Center (2000): 01h 59m 20.3s; +19º 00' 22" | Image File Name: n0772.jpg | ||
| Image Size (arcminutes): 10' X 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
| Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 772 | |||
| General Catalogue Designation: 463 | William Herschel Designation: I 112 | ||
| John Herschel Designation: 181 | Other Observers: ... | ||
| Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 01h 51m 39s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.28s | ||
| North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 71° 40.6' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -17.7" | ||
| Summary Description: B, cL, R, gbM, r | |||
| 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 772 | |||
| Right Ascension (2000): 01h 59m 20.3s | Declination (2000): +19º 00' 22" | ||
| Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sb I | ||
| Constellation: Aries | Position Angle: 130 ° | ||
| Visual Magnitude: 10.4 | Surface Brightness: 14.0 | ||
| Blue Magnitude: 11.0 | Object Size: 7.2'X4.3' | ||
| Also Cataloged As: | UGC 1466, MCG+03-06-011, Arp 78, H I-112, h 181, GC 463, CGCG 461.018, PGC 7525, LGG 040-002 | ||
| Catalogue Notes: Paired with NGC 770. | |||
| Book / Chart References for NGC 772 | |||
| Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 32 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
| Uranometria 2000: 129 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-37,C-38,C-55,C-56 | ||
| Microsky: 410 | GSC Small Region Number: 1210 | ||
| POSS Blue Plate #: 1202 | POSS Red Plate #: 1202 | ||
| Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
| Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 772 | |||
NGC 0772 = UGC 01466 = MCG +03-06-011 = CGCG 461-018 = Arp 78 = LGG 040-002 = PGC 07525 01 59 19.8 +19 00 30 V = 10.3; Size 7.2x4.3; Surf Br = 13.9; PA = 130d 18" (12/3/05): bright, very large, elongated 4:3 WNW-ESE, roughly 4'x3'. The halo is nonsymmetric and more extensive on the NW side with a very strong impression of a spiral arm attached on the north side and sweeping to the west (confirmed on image). Forms a pair with much fainter N770 3.5' SSW. 13.1" (11/5/83): bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, sharp concentration. Forms a close pair with N770 3.5' SSW. 8" (10/4/80): fairly faint, fairly large, oval, bright core, two mag 11 stars to SE. | |||
| Data Sources Used to research NGC 772 | |||
| [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) [ARP] Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (H. Arp) [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) [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. | |||
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