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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for NGC 908 | |||
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DSS Acknowledgement , DSS Copyright Notice | DSS Image Generation: 1st Generation DSS Image | ||
Image Center (2000): 02h 23m 04.7s; -21º 14' 03" | Image File Name: n0908.jpg | ||
Image Size (arcminutes): 10' x 10' | Image Size (pixels): 353 x 353 | ||
Original NGC Catalogue Data for NGC 908 | |||
General Catalogue Designation: 536 | William Herschel Designation: I 153 | ||
John Herschel Designation: ... | Other Observers: ... | ||
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860): 02h 16m 37s | Annual RA Precession (Equinox 1880): +2.77s | ||
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860): 111° 52.3' | Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880): -16.5" | ||
Summary Description: cB, vL, E | |||
Notes: * | Comments: … | ||
Discovered by: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822) | Year of Discovery: 1786 | ||
Telescope Aperture (Inches): 18.7 | Telescope Type: Reflector | ||
Understanding the 'Summary Description': Summary Description Abbreviations List | |||
Contemporary/Current Data for NGC 908 | |||
Right Ascension (2000): 02h 23m 04.7s | Declination (2000): -21º 14' 03" | ||
Object Type: Galaxy | Object Classification: Sc I | ||
Constellation: Cetus | Position Angle: 75 ° | ||
Visual Magnitude: 10.5 | Surface Brightness: 13.3 | ||
Blue Magnitude: 11.0 | Object Size: 6.0'X2.6' | ||
Also Cataloged As: | UA 29, MCG-04-06-035, ESO 545-G011, H I-153, GC 536, PGC 9057 | ||
Catalogue Notes: Largest in group | |||
Book / Chart References for NGC 908 | |||
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page): 75 | Burnham's (Volume : Page): ------ | ||
Uranometria 2000: 309,310 | Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas: C-73 | ||
Microsky: 830 | GSC Small Region Number: 5861 | ||
POSS Blue Plate #: 1287 | POSS Red Plate #: 1287 | ||
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete) | |||
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 908 | |||
NGC 0908 = ESO 545-011 = MCG -04-06-035 = UGCA 29 = PGC 09057 02 23 04.8 -21 14 04 V = 10.2; Size 6.0x2.6; SB = 13.0; PA = 75d 17.5": fairly bright, large, elongated 4.5'x2.0' WSW-ENE. The brighter middle has an irregular surface brightness and a faint star or knot is just west of the geometric center [this is probably the nucleus]. A mag 14 star is just south of the following end. Four mag 11-12.5 stars lie 3' to 5' N and form a trapezoid with parallel bases oriented E-W. 8": fairly bright, large, elongated E-W. | |||
Data Sources Used to research NGC 908 | |||
[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) [NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully) [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) [SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006) [HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006) [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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