Catalogues

Catalogue

Constellation

Auriga / New General & Index Catalogue (NGC/IC)

Planetary Nebulae

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2242	06 34 07.4	+44 46 40	PN	15.1	15.0	0.37	1.994	eeF, vS, R, F * nf	PK 170+15.1; CGCG 204-5
IC 2149	05 56 23.9	+46 06 19	PN	11.2	10.6	0.57	1.595	Planetary, stellar	PK 166+10.1; CS=10.5

Galactic Nebulae

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 1931	05 31 25.7	+34 14 42	EN+OCL		10.1		3.086	vB, L, R, B *** in M	LBN 810; OCL 441
NGC 1985	05 37 47.8	+31 59 20	RN	12.7		0.68	1.800	cF, S, R, psbM	PK 176+0.1; CS=13.6, not a PN
IC 405	05 16 29.4	+34 21 22	EN	10.0		30 × 20	0.460	* 6.7 with pB, vL neb	LBN 795; CED 42; in Sh2-229 (Flaming Star nebula)
IC 410	05 22 45.0	+33 24 48	EN+OCL			55 × 45	3.600	Dif, many st inv	LBN 807; OCL 439; around NGC1893
IC 417	05 28 05.9	+34 25 26	EN+OCL			13 × 10	3.000	vL, dif, * 6 inv	LBN 804; CED 46; Sh2-234

Open Clusters

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 1664	04 51 05.4	+43 40 34	OCL (III1p)		7.6	18	1.199	Cl, lRi, lC, pL	OCL 411
NGC 1778	05 08 05.0	+37 01 24	OCL (III2p)		7.7	8	1.454	Cl, pC, lRi, iF, st L	OCL 429
NGC 1798	05 11 39.3	+47 41 44	OCL (II2m)		10.0	5	3.550	S, Cl or Cl + neb	OCL 410; Berkeley 16
NGC 1857	05 20 05.0	+39 20 36	OCL (II2m)		7.0	10	2.400	Cl, pRi, pC, st 7…	OCL 428
NGC 1883	05 25 54.1	+46 29 25	OCL (II3p)		12.0	5	4.800	Cl, vF, pRi, pC, iF	OCL 417
NGC 1893	05 22 45.6	+33 24 52	OCL (II2mn)		7.5	10	3.280	Cl, L, Ri, lC	OCL 439; in IC 410; LBN 807
NGC 1907	05 28 04.5	+35 19 32	OCL (II1m)		8.2	5	1.330	Cl, pRi, pC, R, st 9…12	OCL 434
NGC 1912	05 28 43.0	+35 51 18	OCL (II2r)		6.4	15	1.066	Cl, B, vL, vRi, iF, st L & S	M 38; OCL 433
NGC 1960	05 36 17.7	+34 08 27	OCL (II3m)		6.0	10	1.318	Cl, B, vL, vRi, lC, st 9…11 sc	M 36; OCL 445
NGC 2013	05 44 01.6	+55 47 22	OCL					Cl, vlRi, st 11
NGC 2099	05 52 18.3	+32 33 11	OCL (II1r)		5.6	15	1.383	Cl, Ri, pCM, st L & S	M 37; OCL 451
NGC 2126	06 02 32.9	+49 51 57	OCL (II1p)		10.2	6	1.200	Cl, not Ri, * 7 m north	OCL 418
NGC 2165	06 11 04.0	+51 40 42	OCL	13.4	12.7	6	1.445	Cl, pL, poor, st 11
NGC 2192	06 15 17.4	+39 51 19	OCL (III1p)		10.9	5	2.500	Cl, cL, C, iF, st vS	OCL 437
NGC 2240	06 33 10.5	+35 15 02	OCL				0.450	Cl, pL, P, vlC, st 7, 10…15
NGC 2281	06 48 17.8	+41 04 44	OCL (I3p)		5.4	25	0.558	Cl, pRi, vlC, st pL	OCL 446

Galaxies

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	B-V	SB	Dim	PA	z	D(z)	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2208	06 22 34.6	+51 54 36	Gx (S0)	13.8	12.8	1.0	13.2	1.6 × 1.1	110	0.019400	81.94	pF, pS, lE	UGC 3452; MCG 9-11-10; CGCG 260-7; NPM1G +51.0053
NGC 2303	06 56 17.4	+45 29 36	Gx (E0)	13.6	12.6	1.0	13.4	1.5 × 1.5		0.019700	83.21	eF, vS, R, sev st nr	UGC 3603; MCG 8-13-31; CGCG 234-30; NPM1G +45.0083
IC 2190	07 29 54.3	+37 27 06	Gx (SBbc)	14.8	14.0	0.8	13.0	0.9 × 0.5	21	0.035713	150.8	F, pS, dif	UGC 3880; MCG 6-17-13; CGCG 177-26

Legend

Key to columns ^[277]
Name	NGC/IC Designation
RA	Right Ascension (J2000.0)
Dec	Declination (J2000.0)
Type	Object type
bMag	Photographic (blue) magnitude
vMag	Visual magnitude
B-V	Difference of visual and blue magnitude
SB	Surface brightness (mag/arcmin²)
Dim	Dimensions (arcmin)
PA	Position Angle (°)
z	Redshift (from NED or LEDA)
D(z)	Distance derived from z in Mpc, using D(z) = cz/H0, with Hubble Parameter H0 = 71 (km/s)/Mpc
MD	Metric distance: for galaxies with S = 1, 6, 7 or 8 in Mpc (from NED); for other types with S = 2, 3, 4, or 5 in kpc
Dreyer Description	See below
Identification, Remarks

Dreyer Description

Descriptions according to J.L.E. Dreyer ^{[313, 314, 315]}
ab	about
alm	almost
am	among
annul	annular or ring nebula
att	attached
b	brighter
bet	between
biN	binuclear
bn	brightest to n side
bs	brightest to s side
bp	brightest to p side
bf	brightest to f side
B	bright
c	considerably
chev	chevelure
co	coarse, coarsely
com	cometic (cometary form)
comp	companion
conn	connected
cont	in contact
C	compressed
Cl	cluster
d	diameter
def	defined
dif	diffused
diffic	difficult
dist	distance, or distant
D	double
e	extremely, excessively
ee	most extremely
er	easily resolvable
exc	excentric
E	extended
f	following (eastward)
F	faint
g	gradually
glob.	globular
gr	group
i	irregular
iF	irregular figure
inv	involved, involving
l	little (adv.); long (adj.)
L	large
m	much
m	magnitude
M	middle, or in the middle
n	north
neb	nebula
nebs	nebulous
neby	nebulosity
nf	north following
np	north preceding
ns	north-south
nr	near
N	nucleus, or to a nucleus
p	preceding (westward)
pf	preceding-following
p	pretty (adv., before F. B. L, S)
pg	pretty gradually
pm	pretty much
ps	pretty suddenly
plan	planetary nebula (same as PN)
prob	probably
P	poor (sparse) in stars
PN	planetary nebula
r	resolvable (mottled, not resolved)
rr	partially resolved, some stars seen
rrr	well resolved, clearly consisting of stars
R	round
RR	exactly round
Ri	rich in stars
s	suddenly (abruptly)
s	south
sf	south following
sp	south preceding
sc	scattered
sev	several
st	stars (pl.)
st 9...	stars of 9th magnitude and fainter
st 9..13	stars of mag. 9 to 13
stell	stellar, pointlike
susp	suspected
S	small in angular size
S*	small (faint) star
trap	trapezium
triangle	triangle, forms a triangle with
triN	trinuclear
v	very
vv	_very_
var	variable
*	a single star
*10	a star of 10th magnitude
*7-8	star of mag. 7 or 8
**	double star (same as D*)
***	triple star
!	remarkable
!!	very much so
!!!	a magnificent or otherwise interesting object

Catalogues

Auriga / New General & Index Catalogue (NGC/IC)

Planetary Nebulae

Galactic Nebulae

Open Clusters

Galaxies

Legend

Dreyer Description

References