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NGC 2188
NGC 2188, AM 0608-340, ESO 364-37, LEDA 18536, MCG-06-14-008, SGC 060821-3405.7, h 3022, GC 1378
Type: galaxy (HII), I
Mag: B=12.3, V=11.82
Size: 4.786′ x 0.851′
PA: 175°
Historical observations
John Herschel (1847) Cape Observations
Discovered by Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope with an 18-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He recorded it as "pF, vmE, gvlbM, 2' long."
Published comments
Photo index
Photo Index by Jim Lucyk: Cat.of South.Peculiar Gal.and Ass. Vol 2 (Arp&Madore, 1987) p16.4.
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads EL,DIF,MBM,DST).
Modern observations
Steve Coe
Steve Coe, using a 13" f/5.6, notes: "Pretty faint, pretty large, very much elongated 3 X 1 in PA 10, gradually brighter middle, there is a 13th mag star on the northern tip at 100X."
Brian Skiff
POSS: m13.5 * 2'.2 NNNW, just W of maj axis. from this * to S edge of br
Srn knots is ~3'.25.
15cm - easy spindle @ 50x. vthin w/o cen bulge. 140x: pa170, 3'.5x0'.4. asym-br
along length. reaches N past m13-13.5 * immed W of maj axis. rel losfcbr
here fading smoothly to indef end. S end much brtr and comes to well-def
border. thin oval `core' w/o concen except for a few *ings is centered
one-fifth way along length from S to N; its S edge defines end of gx. BS,
17Feb1990, LCO.
Contemporary observations
Magda Streicher
(no date)
Alldays (22.50S, 20.12E, 770m).
12-inch f/10 SCT (218x)
What a beautiful elongated spindle in an N to S direction. The southern edge looks wider and more define, where as the northern part running out fainter and thinner. No real nucleus could be seen. The brightest star in the field is an 8.1 magnitude star on the SW of the field of view, with a busy eastern field. Looks like a comet. Just smaller than NGC 2090.
Richard Ford
2013 February 7th, Thursday
Location:Blesfontein Guest Farm,Sutherland.
Time:2:10am.
Sky Conditions:The most crystal clear sky possible.Dark moon and stars magnitude 6 and fainter are visible with the naked eye.Excellent clean sky,limited star flickering and brilliant objects.
Instrument:12-inch Dobsonian.
This galaxy has a very large fairly long extension which is elongated in structure as a diffuse smudge of faint light at both 57x and 75x.This galaxy has a somewhat elongated structure whereby the nucleus of this galaxy is centrally condensed.Around the outskirts of this galaxy there are some areas of uneven brightness.This galaxy measures 9.2'x 5.1'with P.A:North/South.Chart No.174,NSOG Vol.1.
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