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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 7793 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 23h 57m 49.7s; -32º 35' 30" | Image File Name: n7793.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 15' x 15' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 7793 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 6233 | William Herschel Designation: ... | ||
John Herschel Designation: ... | Other Observers: G P Bond | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 23h 51m 17s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.10s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 123° 20.7' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -20.0" | ||
Summary Description: Like a comet (1850) | |||
Notes: … | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: James Dunlop (1793 - 1848) | Year of Discovery: 1826 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 9 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 7793 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 23h 57m 49.7s | Declination (2000): -32º 35' 30" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sdm III-IV | ||
Constellation: Sculptor | Position Angle: 98 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 9.2 | Surface Brightness: 13.5 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 9.7 | Object Size: 9.3'X6.3' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | ESO 349-G012, MCG-06-01-009, GC 6233, AM 2355-325, IRAS 23552-3252, PGC 73049 | ||
Catalogue Notes: Part of Sculptor group. | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 7793 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 223 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 350 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-57 | ||
Microsky: N/A | GSC Small Region Number: 7519 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: N/A | POSS Red Plate #: N/A | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 7793 | |||
NGC 7793 = ESO 349-012 = MCG -06-01-009 = AM 2355-325 = LGG 004-003 23 57 49.8 -32 35 28 V = 9.1; Size 9.3x6.3; SB = 13.4; PA = 98d 17.5" (8/20/88): bright, very large, oval 3:2 WSW-ENE, very large broadly brighter halo, small bright core. A mag 12 star is off the N side 2.8' from center. Visible in 16x80 finder. 8" (11/8/80): very large, oval, low surface brightness. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 7793 | |||
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908) [OHCDSO] Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Luginbuhl & Skiff - 1990) [GD-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (DeLange - 1987 to 2006) [IRAS] IRAS Survey (NASA - 1989) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [CSPGA] A Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations (Arp & Madore - 1987) [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) [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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