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The New General Catalogue (NGC) is an astronomy catalogue which
lists almost 8000 deep sky objects. It is one the most well known
and comprehensive astronomy catalogues there are. The NGC was compiled in
the mid 1880's by J.L.E. Dreyer and has gone through revisions and
additions. Unlike many other catalogues, the
NGC catalogue is not specific to any type of deep sky object, such as
galaxies or nebulae. The NGC objects range in magnitude from very
dim to very bright. Approximately 75% of the NGC catalogue is
comprised of galaxies.
The NGC contains DSO's such as open clusters,
globular clusters, refection nebulae, emission nebulae, spiral galaxies,
elliptical galaxies, planetary nebulae. Each DSO is unique and you
can find just all of them from the dimmest to the brightest in the NGC. I am working on a searchable NGC
database for Coolscopes.com. In the meantime, you can search for
NGC and IC objects at the NGC/IC Project.
Below is a list of all the named NGC objects, along with their NGC
number and their Messier number, where
applicable.
|
Name |
NGC/M |
| Andromeda nebula |
NGC 224 = M 31 |
| Antennae |
NGC 4038, NGC 4039 |
| Atom for peace galaxy |
NGC 7252 |
| Barnard's galaxy |
NGC 6822 = IC 4895 |
| Baxendell's nebula |
NGC 7088 |
| Bear Claw nebula |
NGC 2537 |
| Beehive cluster |
NGC 2632 = M 44 |
| Black Eye galaxy |
NGC 4826 = M 64 |
| Blinking planetary |
NGC 6826 |
| Blue flash nebula |
NGC 6905 |
| Blue planetary |
NGC 3918 |
| Blue snowball |
NGC 7662 |
| Bode's nebulae |
NGC 3031 = M 81, NGC 3034 = M 82 |
| Box nebula |
NGC 6309 |
| Bubble nebula |
NGC 7635 |
| Bug nebula |
NGC 6302 |
| Butterfly nebula |
IC 2220 |
| Butterly cluster |
NGC 6405 = M 6 |
| California nebula |
NGC 1499 |
| Carafe group |
NGC 1595, NGC 1598 with ESO 202-G23
("carafe") |
| Cat eye nebula |
NGC 6543 |
| Centaurus A |
NGC 5128 |
| Cetus A |
NGC 1068 |
| Chi Persei |
NGC 884 |
| Christmas Tree cluster |
NGC 2264 |
| Cocoon nebula |
IC 5146 |
| Coddington nebula |
IC 2574 |
| Conus nebula |
NGC 2264 |
| Copeland Septett |
NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC 3748, NGC
3750, NGC 3751, NGC 3753, NGC 3754 |
| Crab nebula |
NGC 1952 = M 1 |
| Crescent nebula |
NGC 6888 |
| Delle caustiche |
NGC 6603 = M 24 |
| Double cluster |
NGC 869, NGC 884 |
| Dumbbell nebula |
NGC 6853 = M 27 |
| Eagle nebula |
NGC 6611 = M 16 |
| Eight-burst planetary |
NGC 3132 |
| Epsilon Orionis nebula |
NGC 1990 |
| Eskimo nebula |
NGC 2392 |
| Eta Carinae nebula |
NGC 3372 |
| Flaming Star nebula |
IC 405 |
| Flame nebula |
NGC 2024 |
| Fornax A |
NGC 1316 |
| Gamma Cas nebula |
IC 59, IC 63 |
| Gamma Cyg nebula |
IC 1318 |
| Gem cluster |
NGC 3293 |
| Ghost of Jupiter |
NGC 3242 |
| Grus Quartett |
NGC 7552, NGC 7582, NGC 7590, NGC
7599 |
| h Persei |
NGC 869 |
| Helix |
NGC 2865 |
| Helix nebula |
NGC 7293 |
| Hercules cluster |
NGC 6205 = M 13 |
| Herschel's ray |
NGC 2736 |
| Hind's variable nebula |
NGC 1555 |
| Horsehead nebula |
IC 434 |
| Hubble's variable nebula |
NGC 2261 |
| Intergalactic Wanderer |
NGC 2419 |
| Jewel Box |
NGC 4755 |
| Kappa Crucis cluster |
NGC 4755 |
| Keenan's System |
NGC 5216, NGC 5218 |
| Kidney Bean Galaxy |
NGC 4774 |
| Lagoon nebula |
NGC 6523 = M 8 |
| Little Dumbbell |
NGC 650/51 = M 76 |
| Little Gem |
NGC 6818 |
| Markarian chain |
NGC 4374, NGC 4406, NGC 4435, NGC
4438, NGC 4458, NGC 4461, NGC 4473, NGC 4477 |
| Miniature Spiral |
NGC 3928 |
| Mirach's ghost |
NGC 404 |
| Nubecula minor |
NGC 262 = SMC |
| North America nebula |
NGC 7000 |
| Omega Centauri |
NGC 5139 |
| Omega nebula |
NGC 6618 = M 17 |
| Omikron Velorum cluster |
IC 2391 |
| Orion nebula |
NGC 1976 = M 42 |
| Owl nebula |
NGC 3587 = M 97 |
| Pancake |
NGC 2686 |
| Papillon |
IC 708 |
| Pelican nebula |
IC 5067, IC 5070 |
| Perseus A |
NGC 1275 |
| Pinwheel galaxy |
NGC 598 = M 33 |
| Pleiades nebula (Maia) |
NGC 1432 |
| Pleiades nebula (Merope) |
NGC 1435 |
| Polarissima australis |
NGC 2573 |
| Polarissima borealis |
NGC 3172 |
| Praesepe |
NGC 2632 = M 44 |
| Ptolemy's cluster |
NGC 6475 |
| Rho Ophiuchi nebula |
IC 4604 |
| Ring nebula |
NGC 6720 = M 57 |
| Running Chicken nebula |
IC 2944 |
| Rosette nebula |
NGC 2237, NGC 2238, NGC 2239, NGC
2246 |
| Saturn nebula |
NGC 7009 |
| Sculptor galaxy |
NGC 253 |
| Seyfert Sextett |
NGC 6027 (A-E) |
| Siamese Twins |
NGC 4567, NGC 4568 |
| Silver dollar |
NGC 253 |
| Small Magellanic cloud |
NGC 292 |
| Sombrero galaxy |
NGC 4594 = M 104 |
| Southern Integral-sign |
IC 5173 |
| Southern Pleiades |
IC 2602 |
| Spindle |
NGC 2686 |
| Spindle galaxy |
NGC 3115 |
| Starqueen nebula |
IC 4703 (in M 16) |
| Stephan's Quintett |
NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC
7319, NGC 7320 |
| Struve's Lost nebula |
NGC 1554 |
| Sunflower galaxy |
NGC 5055 = M 63 |
| Taurus A |
NGC 1952 = M 1 |
| Tarantula nebula |
NGC 2070 = 30 Dor |
| The Box |
NGC 4169, NGC 4173, NGC 4174, NGC
4175 |
| The Eyes |
NGC 4435, NGC 4438 |
| The Mice |
NGC 4676A, NGC 4676B |
| Toby Jug nebula |
IC 2220 |
| Triangulum galaxy |
NGC 598 = M 33 |
| Trifid nebula |
NGC 6514 = M 20 |
| Ursa Major A |
NGC 3034 = M 82 |
| Veil nebula |
NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 6995 |
| Virgo A |
NGC 4486 = M 87 |
| Whirlpool galaxy |
NGC 5194/95 = M 51 |
| Wild Duck cluster |
NGC 6705 = M 11 |
| Witch Head nebula |
IC 2118 |
| Zwicky's Triplett |
IC 3481, IC 3481A, IC 3483 |
| 47 Tucanae |
NGC 104 |
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