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NGC 7793

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 7793
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:  6233William Herschel Designation:  ...
John Herschel Designation:  ...Other Observers:  G P Bond
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  23h 51m 17sAnnual 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):  9Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 7793
Right Ascension (2000):  23h 57m 49.7sDeclination (2000):  -32º 35' 30"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  Sdm III-IV
Constellation:  SculptorPosition Angle:  98 °
Visual Magnitude:  9.2Surface Brightness:  13.5
Blue Magnitude:  9.7Object 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):  223Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  350Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-57
Microsky:  N/AGSC Small Region Number:  7519
POSS Blue Plate #:  N/APOSS 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.

- by Steve Gottlieb

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
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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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