Catalogues

Catalogue

Constellation

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

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 1680	04 48 33.7	-47 49 00	Gx (SBb)	14.4	13.6	0.8	12.9	1.2 × 0.5	102	0.014397	60.81		vF, S, R, r or st inv	ESO 203-4; IRAS 04471-4754
NGC 1705	04 54 13.9	-53 21 38	Gx (E-S0)	12.8	12.4	0.4	13.3	1.9 × 1.4	50	0.002112	8.92	5.370	pF, S, R, pmbM	ESO 158-13; AM 0453-532; IRAS 04531-5326
NGC 1803	05 05 26.5	-49 34 03	Gx (SBbc)	13.4	12.9	0.5	12.7	1.3 × 0.8	62	0.013626	57.56		F, S, R, vglbM, * 11 sf, ? neb	ESO 203-18; IRAS 05041-4938
NGC 1930	05 25 56.6	-46 43 42	Gx (SB0)	13.4	12.4	1.0	13.2	1.9 × 1.2	32	0.014473	61.13	47.350	pF, S, R, bM, 4 B st p	ESO 253-4
NGC 1998	05 33 15.7	-48 41 43	Gx (S0)	15.1	14.2	0.9	13.5	0.9 × 0.5	20	0.015114	63.84		vF, R, gbM, st s, f of 2	ESO 204-15
NGC 2007	05 34 58.9	-50 55 18	Gx (Sc)	14.1	13.4	0.7	13.3	1.7 × 0.6	83	0.015087	63.73	56.520	eF, pL, R	ESO 204-19; AM 0533-505
NGC 2008	05 35 03.8	-50 57 58	Gx (Sc)	13.8	13.2	0.6	13.8	1.4 × 0.7	105	0.034387	145.2	130.50	eF, pL, R, vlbM	ESO 204-20; AM 0533-505; IRAS 05338-5059
NGC 2087	05 44 16.1	-55 31 59	Gx (SBa)	14.5	13.6	0.9	12.7	0.8 × 0.6	136	0.014910	62.98		eF, pS, R, vlbM	ESO 159-26; IRAS 05433-5533
NGC 2101	05 46 22.4	-52 05 24	Gx (IBm/P)	13.7	13.3	0.4	14.5	2 × 1.3	85	0.004016	16.96	13.300	eF, pS, R, 3 st 10 sf	ESO 205-1; AM 0545-520; IRAS 05451-5206
NGC 2104	05 47 04.2	-51 33 11	Gx (SBm)	13.2	12.7	0.5	13.2	2 × 0.9	160	0.003873	16.36	14.120	pB, pS, R, glbM	ESO 205-2; AM 0545-513; IRAS 05459-5133
NGC 2115 A	05 51 19.8	-50 35 00	Gx (S0-a)	13.9	13.0	0.9	12.3	0.8 × 0.7	50	0.023219	98.08		eeF, vS, 3 st 10 sp	ESO 205-6; AM 0550-503; IRAS 05501-5036
NGC 2115 B	05 51 21.3	-50 35 32	Gx (S0-a)	16.0	15.1	0.9	13.7	0.6 × 0.5	56	0.023323	98.51		eeF, vS, 3 st 10 sp	ESO 205-6A
NGC 2148	05 58 45.6	-59 07 35	Gx (Sb)	14.4	13.6	0.8	13.3	1.1 × 0.8	150	0.033900	143.1		eF, S, R, * 12 v nr	ESO 120-24; IRAS 05581-5907
NGC 2152	06 00 55.0	-50 44 27	Gx (SBa)	14.4	13.5	0.9	13.3	1.1 × 0.8	69	0.028430	120.0		eeF, R, * 15 att	ESO 205-15
NGC 2178	06 02 47.5	-63 45 50	Gx (E1)	13.9	12.9	1.0	12.8	0.9 × 0.9		0.026882	113.5		eF, vS, R	ESO 86-53
NGC 2205	06 10 32.8	-62 32 19	Gx (E/SB0)	13.7	12.7	1.0	13.0	1.4 × 0.9	80	0.027969	118.1		pF, S, R, bM	ESO 86-63; AM 0610-623
NGC 2221	06 20 15.8	-57 34 43	Gx (Sa)	14.1	13.2	0.9	12.8	2 × 0.5	0	0.008446	35.68		vF, lE, vgbM, p of 2	ESO 121-24; AM 0619-573; IRAS 06194-5733
NGC 2222	06 20 16.8	-57 32 00	Gx (SBa)	14.2	13.3	0.9	12.0	1.2 × 0.3	150	0.008679	36.66		vF, lE, vgvlbM, f of 2	ESO 121-25; AM 0619-573
NGC 2297	06 44 24.5	-63 43 03	Gx (SBbc)	13.4	12.7	0.7	13.2	1.9 × 1.5	101	0.011325	47.84		vF, S, R, vglbM	ESO 87-40; FAIR 256; IRAS 06440-6339

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

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

Galaxies

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Dreyer Description

References