The following is a list of NGC objects, that is objects listed in the New General Catalogue (NGC). It is one of the largest comprehensive astronomical catalogues for deep sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies.
It has been suggested that this section be split out into another articletitled List of stars in the New General Catalogue . (Discuss) (May 2023) |
Some objects originally thought to be deep sky objects and listed in the NGC have been subsequently shown to be ordinary stars, so their inclusion in the catalog is now considered erroneous. [1] This list of stars is based on the 'NGC 2000.0' version of the catalog, which lists the stars in its errata, [1] supplemented with data on each individual star from the VizieR database. [2] [ full citation needed ]
NGC number | Other designations | Type | Discoverer | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | Apparent Magnitude | Comments |
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NGC 8 | NGC0008 PGC 000648, Holm 3B | Double star | Otto Wilhelm | Pegasus | 00h 08m 45.3s | 23° 50′ 20″ | 15.2/16.5 | |
NGC 18 | Pul-3 10207/10208 | Double star | Herman Schultz | Pegasus | 00h 09m 23.1s | 27° 43′ 55″ | 14.0 | |
NGC 30 | Double star | Pegasus | 00h 11m | 21° 57′ | 14.8/15 | |||
NGC 32 | Asterism | Pegasus | 00h 11m | 18° 47′ | 14 | |||
NGC 33 | Double star | Pisces | 00h 11m | 03° 40′ | 15 | |||
NGC 44 | Double Star | Andromeda | 00h 13m | 31° 18′ | 14.6 | |||
NGC 46 | Single Star | Edward Joshua Cooper | Pisces | 00h 21.9m | 22° 25′ | 11.8 | ||
NGC 82 | Star | Andromeda | 00h 21m 17.5s | 22° 27′ 37″ | 14.6 | |||
NGC 156 | Double Star | Cetus | 00h 35m | −08° 21′ | ||||
NGC 158 | Double star | Cetus | 00h 35m | −08° 19′ | ||||
NGC 162 | UCAC2 4012415 | Star | Heinrich d'Arrest [3] | Andromeda | 00h 36m 09.28s | +23° 57′ 44.7″ | 15.06 | [4] |
NGC 302 | Star | Cetus | 00h 56m | −10° 39′ | ||||
NGC 308 | UCAC2 31096253 | Robert S. Ball [5] | Cetus | 00h 56m 34.33s | −01° 47′ 03.6″ | 15.69 | [6] | |
NGC 310 | Star | Cetus | 00h 57m | −01° 46′ | ||||
NGC 313 | Triple star | Pisces | 00h 58m | 30° 21′ | ||||
NGC 316 | Star | Pisces | 00h 58m | 30° 21′ | Part of NGC 313? | |||
NGC 370 | Triple star | Pisces | 01h 06m 44.6s | 32° 25′ 43″ | ||||
NGC 372 | Triple star | Pisces | 01h 07m | 32° 26′ | ||||
NGC 390 | Star | Pisces | 01h 08m 12.9s | 32° 27′ 12″ | ||||
NGC 400 | Star | Pisces | 01h 09m | 32° 44′ | ||||
NGC 401 | Star | Pisces | 01h 09m | 32° 46′ | ||||
NGC 402 | Star | Pisces | 01h 09m | 32° 49′ | ||||
NGC 405 | Double star | Phoenix | 01h 08m | −46° 40′ | ||||
NGC 408 | Single star | Pisces | 01h 11m | 33° 06′ | ||||
NGC 453 | Triple star | Pisces | 01h 16m 17.4s | +33° 00′ 51″ | ||||
NGC 464 | Double star | Wilhelm Tempel [7] | Andromeda | 01h 19m 26s | +34° 57′ 21″ | |||
NGC 510 | Double star | Herman Schultz | Pisces | 01h 23m 55.6s | 33° 29′ 49″ | |||
NGC 730 | Single star | Pisces | 01h 55m | 05° 37′ | ||||
NGC 1237 | Double star | |||||||
NGC 1240 | Double star | Aries | 03h 13m 26.7s | 03h 13m 26.7s +30° 30′ 26″ | ||||
NGC 1276 | Double star | John Dreyer | Perseus | 03h 19m 51.2s | 41° 38′ 29″ | 15 | ||
NGC 1429 | Doesn't Exist | |||||||
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NGC 6872 | Condor Galaxy | Barred Spiral Galaxy | John Herschel | Pavo | Survived a galactic collision with IC 4970 | |||
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NGC 7830 |
NGC 6134 is an open cluster in the constellation Norma. It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.
NGC 78 is a pair of galaxies in the constellation Pisces. NGC 78A, which is the more southern galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy. NGC 78B, which is the more northern galaxy, is an elliptical galaxy. Although the designations NGC 78A and 78B are used today, the designation NGC 78 was formerly used mainly for the northern galaxy.
NGC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0? pec? with an apparent magnitude of 13.4 located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on 27 September 1880 by Wilhelm Tempel.
NGC 4707 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered by John Herschel on 5 June 1834, and was described by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue, as a "small, stellar" galaxy.
NGC 5308 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered on 19 March 1790 by William Herschel. It was described by John Louis Emil Dreyer as "bright, pretty large" when he compiled the New General Catalogue. A small, irregular galaxy near NGC 5308 has been given the designation LEDA 2802348.
NGC 5264, also known as DDO 242, is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Hydra. It is part of the M83 subgroup of the Centaurus A/M83 Group, located some 15 million light years away. The galaxy was discovered on 30 March 1835 by John Herschel, and it was described as "very faint, pretty large, round, very little brighter middle" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
NGC 1140 is an irregular galaxy in the southern constellation of Eridanus. Estimates made using the Tully–Fisher method put the galaxy at about 59 million light years. It was discovered on 22 November 1786 by William Herschel, and was described as "pretty bright, small, round, stellar" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
NGC 1403 is a lenticular or elliptical galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. It was thought to be a "very faint, extremely small, nebulous star" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
NGC 5011 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered on 3 June 1834 by John Herschel. It was described as "pretty bright, considerably small, round, among 4 stars" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
NGC 4242 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. The galaxy is about 18 million light years away. It was discovered on 10 April 1788 by William Herschel, and it was described as "very faint, considerably large, irregular, round, very gradually brighter in the middle, resolvable" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue.
NGC 3001 is a magnitude 11.83 spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia, discovered on 30 March 1835 by John Herschel. It has a recessional velocity of 2,465 kilometres (1,532 mi) per second, and is located around 115 million light years away. NGC 3001 has an apparent size of 4.3 by 3.1 arcminutes and is about 145 thousand light years across.
NGC 2227 is a barred spiral galaxy with a morphological type of SB(rs)c located in the direction of the Canis Major constellation. It was discovered on January 27, 1835, by John Herschel.
NGC 3006 is an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It has an apparent magnitude of 15. It was discovered by the astronomer Bindon Stoney on January 25, 1851.
NGC 600 is an emission-line galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 10 September 1785. The galaxy has a diameter of 70,000 light-years. It is also approximately 90 million light-years from the Milky Way.
NGC 3156 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Sextans. It is located at a distance of about 75 million light-years from Earth and is forming a pair with NGC 3169. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on December 13, 1784.
NGC 5533 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on May 1, 1785. It has a regular structure, with one tightly wound spiral; its disk is inclined about 53 degrees towards the line of sight.
NGC 3900 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Leo constellation. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785. It is estimated to be about 95 to 100 light-years away from Earth.
NGC 4343 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784. At a distance of 80 million light-years, it is located in the Virgo Cluster. It contains an active galactic nucleus.