Catalogues

Catalogue

Constellation

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

Galactic Nebulae

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	Dim	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 602	01 29 26.4	-73 33 26	EN+OCL	34	62.440	B, S, R, psbM * r	ESO 29-SC43; in SMC

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 643	01 35 00.7	-75 33 24	OCL			1.5	62.440	vF, pS, R, vglbM	ESO 29-SC50; in SMC
NGC 643 A	01 30 37.4	-76 03 18	OCL	12.0		2 × 2		vF, pS, R, vglbM	ESO 29-SC44; in SMC
NGC 796	01 56 43.8	-74 13 12	OCL			0.8	61.000	eF, vS, R, * np 25"	ESO 30-SC6
NGC 1629	04 29 37.0	-71 50 18	OCL	13.3	12.7	1	49.970	vF, pL, R, glbM	ESO 55-SC24; in LMC
IC 1708	01 24 56.5	-71 11 02	OCL				62.440	vF, vS, R, * 9 sf 4'	ESO 52-SC2; in SMC

Globular Clusters

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	vMag	Dim	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 1466	03 44 33.4	-71 40 18	GCL	11.4	1.9	48.500	pF, pS, iR, glbM, * 7 f	ESO 54-SC16

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)	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 643 B	01 39 13.4	-75 00 41	Gx (SB0)	14.5	13.5	1.0	12.5	1.5 × 0.3	113	0.013379	56.51		vF, pS, R, vglbM	ESO 29-53; IRAS 01384-7515
NGC 643 C	01 41 48.9	-75 16 03	Gx (Sc)	15.7	15.0	0.7	13.4	1.3 × 0.2	150	0.014597	61.66		vF, pS, R, vglbM	ESO 30-1; FGCE 186
NGC 646 1	01 37 21.1	-64 53 43	Gx (SBc)	14.2	13.5	0.7	14.5	2 × 1.5	78	0.027452	115.9		vF, iR, vglbM	ESO 80-2; VV 443; AM 0135-650; IRAS 01357-6508
NGC 646 2	01 37 30.0	-64 53 45	Gx (E-S0)	16.0	15.0	1.0	13.1	0.4 × 0.4		0.024353	102.8		vF, iR, vglbM	ESO 80-2; VV 443; AM 0135-650
NGC 802	01 59 06.1	-67 52 13	Gx (SB0-a)	13.7	13.2	0.5	12.7	0.9 × 0.6	152	0.004920	20.78		eeF, vS, R, * 13 p 100"	ESO 52-13; AM 0157-680
NGC 813	02 01 36.1	-68 26 21	Gx (SB0-a)	13.7	12.8	0.9	12.9	1.3 × 0.9	99	0.026992	114.0		pF, S, R, gbM	ESO 52-16
NGC 1473	03 47 26.2	-68 13 14	Gx (IBm)	13.4	12.9	0.5	12.9	1.5 × 0.8	36	0.004647	19.63	18.020	cF, pL, R, gvlbM	ESO 54-19; AM 0347-682; IRAS 03472-6822
NGC 1511	03 59 36.8	-67 38 05	Gx (Sa)	11.9	11.3	0.6	12.7	3.5 × 1.3	125	0.004474	18.90	16.510	pB, pS, mE 121°.5 gbM	ESO 55-4; AM 0359-674; IRAS 03594-6746
NGC 1511 A	04 00 19.5	-67 48 26	Gx (SBa)	14.3	13.4	0.9	12.9	1.8 × 0.4	110	0.004466	18.86	18.670	pB, pS, mE 121°.5 gbM	ESO 55-5; IRAS 04001-6756
NGC 1511 B	04 00 54.5	-67 36 43	Gx (SBcd)	15.2	14.5	0.7	13.7	1.8 × 0.3	92	0.004350	18.37		pB, pS, mE 121°.5 gbM	ESO 55-6; FGCE 368

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

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

Galactic Nebulae

Open Clusters

Globular Clusters

Galaxies

Legend

Dreyer Description

References