Table information for 'openngc.data'

General

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description: OpenNGC is a database containing positions and main data of NGC (New General Catalogue) and IC (Index Catalogue) objects. It has been built by merging data from NED, HyperLEDA, SIMBAD, and several databases available at HEASARC. In this VO publication, we have changed most of the column names, mostly to make them work as ADQL column names without resorting to delimited identifiers. The mapping should be obvious.

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Citing this table

This table has an associated publication. If you use data from it, it may be appropriate to reference https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC either in addition to or instead of the service reference.

Reference the Table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:openngc_data,
  year=2017,
  title={{OpenNGC}},
  author={Verga, M.},
  url={https://vo.chivo.cl/tableinfo/openngc.data},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {ChiVO}},
  doi = {10.21938/y.1ejWUD_MQ6b_eDFoVbbw}
}

Fields

Sorted by DB column index. [Sort alphabetically]

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
name Name Object identifier, either from NGC or from IC. N/A N/A
obj_type Type Object Type. See note for terms and symbols used. [Note t] N/A N/A
raj2000 RA J2000 Right Ascension in ICRS for Epoch J2000.0. deg N/A
dej2000 Dec J2000 Declination in ICRS for Epoch J2000.0. deg N/A
constellation Const. Constellation the object is located in. N/A N/A
maj_ax_deg Maj. Ax. Major axis of covering ellipsoid. deg N/A
min_ax_deg Min. Ax. Minor axis of covering ellipsoid. deg N/A
pos_ang Pos. Ang. Position angle of covering ellipsoid, north over east. deg N/A
mag_b m_B Apparent total magnitude in the B Band. mag N/A
mag_v m_V Apparent total magnitude in the V Band. mag N/A
mag_j m_J Apparent total magnitude in the J Band. mag N/A
mag_h m_H Apparent total magnitude in the H Band. mag N/A
mag_k m_K Apparent total magnitude in the K Band. mag N/A
surf_br_B Surf. Br. Mean surface brigthness within the 25 mag isophote (B-band); only given for galaxies mag/arcsec**2 N/A
hubble_type Hubble Morphological Hubble type for galaxies. N/A N/A
cstar_mag_u * m_U For planetary nebulae: Apparent magnitude of the central star in the U Band. mag N/A
cstar_mag_b * m_B For planetary nebulae: Apparent magnitude of the central star in the B Band. mag N/A
cstar_mag_v * m_V For planetary nebulae: Apparent magnitude of the central star in the V Band. mag N/A
messier_nr Messier Messier number for this object N/A N/A
other_ngc Alt. NGC Other NGC number for this object in case it was duplicated in IC or NCG. N/A N/A
ic_cross IC Other IC number for this object in case it was duplicated in IC or NCG. N/A N/A
cstar_id C* name Identifier of the central star for planetary nebulae. N/A N/A
other_id ID Cross reference to other catalogs. N/A N/A
comname Common Common name(s) of the object. N/A N/A
ned_notes NED note Notes about the object exported from NED N/A N/A
notes Notes Notes about the object from OpenNGC N/A N/A

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

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Notes

Note t

The object type is encoded as follows:

* Star
** Double star
*Ass Association of stars
OCl Open Cluster
GCl Globular Cluster
Cl+N Star cluster + Nebula
G Galaxy
GPair Galaxy Pair
GTrpl Galaxy Triplet
GGroup Group of galaxies
PN Planetary Nebula
HII HII Ionized region
EmN Emission Nebula
Neb Nebula
RfN Reflection Nebula
SNR Supernova remnant
Nova Nova star
NonEx Nonexistent object

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