NGC 891

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 891

DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice		DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000): 02h 22m 33.5s; +42º 21' 03"		Image File Name: n0891.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes): 15' x 15'		Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 891
General Catalogue Designation: 527		William Herschel Designation: V 19
John Herschel Designation: 218		Other Observers: ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 02h 13m 45s		Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +3.74s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 48° 17.5'		Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -16.7"
Summary Description: ! B, vL, vmE 22°
Notes: †	Comments: …
Discovered by: Karoline Lucretia Herschel (1750 - 1848)			Year of Discovery: 1783
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 4.2		Telescope Type: Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 891
Right Ascension (2000): 02h 22m 33.5s		Declination (2000): +42º 21' 03"
Object Type: Galaxy		Object Classification: Sb
Constellation: Andromeda		Position Angle: 22 °
Visual Magnitude: 10.0		Surface Brightness: 13.7
Blue Magnitude: 10.6		Object Size: 13.5'X2.5'
Also Cataloged As:	UGC 1831, MCG+07-05-046, H V-19, h 218, GC 527, CGCG 538.052, PGC 9031
Catalogue Notes: Member of NGC 1023 group.
Book / Chart References for NGC 891
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 239		Burnham's (Volume : Page): 1:154
Uranometria 2000: 62		Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-19,C-20,C-37,D-41
Microsky: 197		GSC Small Region Number: 2839
POSS Blue Plate #: 931		POSS Red Plate #: 931
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 891
NGC 0891 = UGC 01831 = MCG +07-05-046 = CGCG 538-052 = PGC 09031 02 22 33.4 +42 21 03 V = 9.9; Size 13.5x2.5; SB = 13.6; PA = 22d 17.5" (8/31/86): bright, extremely large, edge-on 5:1 SSW-NNE, 10'x2'. A striking dust lane bisects the galaxy and is most prominent through the bulging central region. 13" (9/11/82): dust lane visible with averted. 8": fairly bright, large, edge-on, central bulge. - by Steve Gottlieb
Data Sources Used to research NGC 891
[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) [UGC] Uppsala General Catalog of Galaxies (Nilson - 1973) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968) [CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006) [RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 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.