Some objects originally thought to be deep sky objects and listed in the New General Catalogue 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.
NGC number | Image (click to enlarge) | Type | Discoverer | Constellation | Right ascension | Declination | Apparent Magnitude | References |
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NGC 8 | ![]() | Double star | Otto Wilhelm | Pegasus | 00h 08m 45.3s | 23° 50′ 20″ | 15.2/16.5 | [2] |
NGC 18 | ![]() | Double star | Herman Schultz | Pegasus | 00h 09m 23.1s | 27° 43′ 55″ | 14.0 | [3] |
NGC 30 | ![]() | Double star | John Herschel | Pegasus | 00h 11m | 21° 57′ | 14.8/15 | [4] |
NGC 32 | ![]() | Asterism | John Herschel | Pegasus | 00h 11m | 18° 47′ | 14 | [5] |
NGC 33 | ![]() | Double star | John Herschel | Pisces | 00h 11m | 03° 40′ | 15 | [6] |
NGC 44 | ![]() | Double Star | John Herschel | Andromeda | 00h 13m | 31° 18′ | 14.6 | [7] |
NGC 46 | ![]() | Star | Edward Cooper | Pisces | 00h 21.9m | 22° 25′ | 11.8 | [8] |
NGC 82 | ![]() | Star | Guillaume Bigourdan | Andromeda | 00h 21m 17.5s | 22° 27′ 37″ | 14.6 | [9] |
NGC 156 | ![]() | Double Star | Wilhelm Tempel | Cetus | 00h 35m | −08° 21′ | [10] | |
NGC 158 | ![]() | Double star | Wilhelm Tempel | Cetus | 00h 35m | −08° 19′ | [11] | |
NGC 162 | ![]() | Star | Heinrich d'Arrest [12] | Andromeda | 00h 36m 09.28s | +23° 57′ 44.7″ | 15.06 | [13] |
NGC 302 | ![]() | Star | Frank Muller | Cetus | 00h 56m | −10° 39′ | [14] | |
NGC 308 | ![]() | Robert Ball | Cetus | 00h 56m 34.33s | −01° 47′ 03.6″ | 15.69 | [15] | |
NGC 310 | ![]() | Star | Robert Ball | Cetus | 00h 57m | −01° 46′ | [16] | |
NGC 313 | ![]() | Triple star | Bindon Stoney | Pisces | 00h 58m | 30° 21′ | [17] | |
NGC 316 | ![]() | Star | Bindon Stoney | Pisces | 00h 58m | 30° 21′ | [18] | |
NGC 370 | ![]() | Triple star | Heinrich d'Arrest | Pisces | 01h 06m 44.6s | 32° 25′ 43″ | [19] | |
NGC 372 | ![]() | Triple star | John Dreyer | Pisces | 01h 07m | 32° 26′ | [20] | |
NGC 390 | ![]() | Star | Guillaume Bigourdan | Pisces | 01h 08m 12.9s | 32° 27′ 12″ | [21] | |
NGC 400 | ![]() | Star | Robert Ball | Pisces | 01h 09m | 32° 44′ | [22] | |
NGC 401 | ![]() | Star | Robert Ball | Pisces | 01h 09m | 32° 46′ | [23] | |
NGC 402 | ![]() | Star | Lawrence Parsons | Pisces | 01h 09m | 32° 49′ | [24] | |
NGC 405 | ![]() | Double star | John Herschel | Phoenix | 01h 08m | −46° 40′ | [25] | |
NGC 408 | ![]() | Single star | Herman Schultz | Pisces | 01h 11m | 33° 06′ | [26] | |
NGC 453 | ![]() | Triple star | Édouard Stephan | Pisces | 01h 16m 17.4s | +33° 00′ 51″ | [27] | |
NGC 464 | ![]() | Double star | Wilhelm Tempel [28] | Andromeda | 01h 19m 26s | +34° 57′ 21″ | [29] | |
NGC 510 | ![]() | Double star | Herman Schultz | Pisces | 01h 23m 55.6s | 33° 29′ 49″ | [30] | |
NGC 730 | ![]() | Single star | Pisces | 01h 55m | 05° 37′ | [31] | ||
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 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 1443 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 1446 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 1717 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 1742 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 1988 | ![]() | Star | Jean Chacornac | Taurus | 05h 37m 26.5s | +21° 13′ 06″ | [32] | |
NGC 2390 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 2436 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 2471 | ![]() | Double star | ||||||
NGC 2702 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 2705 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 2707 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 3046 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 3284 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 3339 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 4398 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 4582 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 4768 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 4769 | ![]() | Double star | ||||||
NGC 4844 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 4891 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 4897 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 5268 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 5310 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 5429 | ![]() | Double star | ||||||
NGC 5432 | ![]() | Triple star | ||||||
NGC 5435 | ![]() | Double star | ||||||
NGC 5467 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 5871 | ![]() | Triple star | ||||||
NGC 5901 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 6199 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 6410 | ![]() | Double star | ||||||
NGC 6693 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 6973 | ![]() | Star | ||||||
NGC 6980 | ![]() | Star |
NGC 7302 is a lenticular galaxy located around 124 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. NGC 7302 was discovered by British astronomer William Herschel on October 3, 1785 and was rediscovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on August 8, 1896 and was listed in the IC catalogue as IC 5228. It is also part of a group of interacting galaxies.
NGC 7012 is a large, bright elliptical galaxy located about 380 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Microscopium. NGC 7012 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on July 1, 1834.
NGC 7069 is a lenticular galaxy located about 400 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius. NGC 7069 is also classified as a LINER galaxy. NGC 7069 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on October 12, 1863.
NGC 7075 is an elliptical galaxy with a radio emission located about 290 million light-years away in the constellation of Grus. NGC 7075 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on September 4, 1834.
NGC 7096 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located about 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus. NGC 7096 is also part of a group of galaxies that contains the galaxy NGC 7083. NGC 7096 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on August 31, 1836.
NGC 499, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5060, IC 1686 or GC 289, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located approximately 197 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered on 12 September, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.
NGC 515, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5201 or UGC 956, is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 228 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on 13 September 1784 by astronomer William Herschel.
NGC 4659 is a lenticular galaxy located about 54 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4659 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 12, 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
NGC 734 is a lenticular galaxy with a central bar in the constellation Cetus, which is about 538 million light years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on November 9, 1885, by the American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth.
NGC 3110, known as NGC 3122 and NGC 3518 is an active spiral galaxy in the Constellation Sextans. It contains extensive Hubble-type Sb star-forming regions, and is located south of the celestial equator. It is estimated to be 218 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 100,000 ly. Together with PGC 29184 it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair. Located in the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 589.
NGC 646 is a large barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydrus. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 8,145 ± 19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 120.1 ± 8.4 Mpc. NGC 646 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1834. It forms an interacting galaxy pair.
NGC 5940 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Serpens constellation. The galaxy was found on April 19, 1887, by Lewis Swift, an American astronomer. NGC 5940 is located 500 million light-years away from the Milky Way and it is approximately 140,000 light-years across in diameter.
NGC 3647 is a small elliptical galaxy in the Leo constellation. The galaxy was first discovered on March 22, 1865 by Albert Marth who was a German astronomer. It is approximately 747 million light-years away. Due to its close proximity to five other elliptical galaxies, there was a bit of confusion for Marth to identify which object is NGC 3647.
NGC 1009 is a large spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 5,594 ± 24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 82.5 ± 5.8 Mpc. NGC 1009 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Swift in 1886. The luminosity class of NGC 1009 is II and it has a broad HI line. To date, five non-redshift measurements yield a distance of 91.940 ± 3.045 Mpc, which is just outside the distance values of Hubble.
NGC 5539 is a large lenticular galaxy in the Boötes constellation. It is located 857 million light-years away and was discovered by John Herschel on 24th April, 1830. According to Herschel, he found it quite large and irregular. NGC 5539 is about 273,000 light-years in diameter, meaning it is much larger compared to the Milky Way and its neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy. It is the brightest cluster galaxy in Abell 1890.
NGC 5535 is an elliptical galaxy in the Boötes constellation. It is located 831 million light-years away and was found by Albert Marth, a German astronomer on May 8th,1864. NGC 5535 has an active galactic nucleus and considered as a radio galaxy according to SIMBAD, in which expels large amounts of radio waves. NGC 5535 is a member of Abell 1890 galaxy cluster and located to the nearby lenticular galaxy, NGC 5539, which is the brightest galaxy member.
NGC 2688 is a spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major. It is located 758 million light-years away from the Solar System and is moving away at a speed of 15,190 km/s. NGC 2688 was found by R.J. Mitchell who was an Irish astronomer and assistant to William Parsons. When Mitchell first saw the object, he commented it as very small and faint. According to Professor Seligman, the galaxy is classified as a lenticular galaxy rather than a spiral galaxy.
NGC 4991 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. It is located 835 million light-years from the Solar System. NGC 4991 was first discovered on April 30, 1864 by German astronomer, Albert Marth. It is considered as a radio galaxy by the SIMBAD database. It has an active galactic nucleus and contains high amounts of ionized hydrogen.
IC 64 is a massive lenticular galaxy located 622 million light-years away in the Pisces constellation. IC 64 has a diameter of 300,000 thousand light-years, making it, three times bigger than the Milky Way and one of the largest galaxies observed. IC 64 was discovered by Stephane Javelle, a French astronomer on 5th December, 1893. It has an active galactic nucleus and is considered a radio galaxy.
NGC 5008 is a massive barred spiral galaxy located in the Boötes constellation.