Catalogues

Catalogue

Constellation

Vela / 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 2792	09 12 26.5	-42 25 39	PN	13.5	11.6	0.35	2.209	! planetary, pB = * 9, vS, R, am st	PK 265+4.1; ESO 314-PN6; AM 0910-421; CS=13.8
NGC 2899	09 27 03.0	-56 06 20	PN	12.2	11.8	1.95 × 1	0.920	F, pL, R, gmbM, am 80 st	PK 277-3.1; ESO 166-PN13
NGC 3132	10 07 01.8	-40 26 10	PN	8.2	9.2	1.47	0.865	!! planetary, vB, vL, lE * 9 m, 4s d	PK 272+12.1; ESO 316-PN27; AM 1004-401; CS=10.1, Eight-burst planetary

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 2626	08 35 31.0	-40 40 20	EN+RN	5 × 5	1.200	* 9 inv in pB, pL, R neb	ESO 313-N*4
NGC 2736	09 00 17.0	-45 56 53	SNR	20 × 2	0.250	! eeF, vL, vvmE 19°	ESO 260-N14; Herschel's Ray; Pencil Nebula

Open 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 2547	08 10 09.0	-49 13 30	OCL (II2p)	4.7	25	0.457	Cl, B, L, lC, st 7…16	OCL 753; ESO 209-SC18; AM 0808-490
NGC 2645	08 39 03.1	-46 13 38	OCL (II2p)	7.0	3	1.668	Cl, S, st L and S	OCL 754; ESO 259-SC14
NGC 2659	08 42 36.0	-45 00 00	OCL (III3m)	8.6	15	1.713	Cl, L, Ri, pmE, st 11…14	OCL 752; ESO 260-SC3
NGC 2660	08 42 38.0	-47 12 02	OCL (I3m)	8.8	3	2.800	Cl, pS, mC, iR, gbM, st 13…15	OCL 759; ESO 260-SC4
NGC 2669	08 46 19.0	-52 56 06	OCL (II3p)	6.1	14	1.046	Cl, L, P, lC, st 10…13	OCL 768; ESO 165-SC5
NGC 2670	08 45 30.0	-48 47 30	OCL (II2p)	7.8	7	1.188	Cl, pL, P, lC, st 13…	OCL 764; ESO 210-SC5
NGC 2671	08 46 12.0	-41 52 38	OCL (I3p)	11.6	5	1.660	Cl, pRi, lCM, st 12…13	OCL 745; ESO 313-SC14
NGC 2849	09 19 22.8	-40 31 13	OCL (II2m)	12.5	3	6.400	eF, cL, R, vglbM, rr	OCL 756; ESO 314-SC13
NGC 2866	09 22 06.5	-51 06 08	OCL (II2p)		20	1.901	Cl, lC	OCL 774; ESO 212-SC3
NGC 2910	09 30 29.0	-52 54 50	OCL (I2p)	7.2	6	2.607	Cl, cL, pRi, pC, st 10…14	OCL 781; ESO 166-SC17
NGC 2925	09 33 10.9	-53 23 45	OCL (III1p)	8.3	15	0.774	Cl, pRi, pC, D * taken	OCL 783; ESO 166-SC22
NGC 2972	09 40 11.5	-50 19 13	OCL (I1p)	9.9	5	2.062	Cl, S, lRi, pC, st 13	NGC 2999; OCL 778; ESO 212-SC11
NGC 2982	09 42 00.0	-44 01 36	OCL (III1p)		12	2.500	Cl, P, E, st 10…11	OCL 770; ESO 262-SC1
NGC 3033	09 48 40.0	-56 24 42	OCL (II3p)	8.8	12	0.922	Cl, pL, pRi, iF, st 11…12	OCL 796; ESO 167-SC6
NGC 3105	10 00 39.5	-54 47 15	OCL (I3p)	9.7	2	4.884	Cl, C, lE, st 13…16	OCL 798; ESO 167-SC14; AM 0958-543
NGC 3228	10 21 22.0	-51 43 42	OCL (I1p)	6.0	5	0.499	Cl, 9 L and a few S st	OCL 800; ESO 214-SC1
NGC 3330	10 38 46.0	-54 06 54	OCL (II2p)	7.4	6	0.894	Cl, P, st 9…	OCL 806; ESO 168-SC11
NGC 3446	10 52 12.0	-45 09 36	OCL		6.5	1.485	Cl, pL, P, lC, iF, st 9…13	ESO 264-SC45
IC 2391	08 40 18.0	-52 55 00	OCL (II3p)	2.6	60	0.176	Cl, co, incl. ο Velorum 3.7 mag	OCL 767; ESO 165-SC4; Omikron Vel cluster
IC 2395	08 42 30.0	-48 06 30	OCL (II3p)	4.6	13	0.709	Cl, co	OCL 763; ESO 210-SC3; vdB-Hagen 47
IC 2488	09 27 27.0	-56 57 24	OCL (II2m)	7.4	18	1.134	Cl, co	OCL 789; ESO 166-SC14

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 3201	10 17 36.8	-46 24 38	GCL (X)	6.9	20	4.900	globular, vL, iR, lCM, st 13…16	GCL 15; ESO 263-SC26

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 2845	09 18 36.9	-38 00 35	Gx (S0-a)	12.9	11.7	1.2	12.3	2.3 × 1.2	70	0.008439	35.65		vF, S, R, * 12 att sf	ESO 314-10; MCG -6-21-2; IRAS 09166-3747
NGC 3250 B	10 27 44.5	-40 26 08	Gx (SBa)	13.7	12.7	1.0	12.9	2.2 × 0.6	6	0.008406	35.51		pB, pL, R, vgpsbM, * 13, 45°	ESO 317-29; MCG -7-22-9; AM 1025-401; IRAS 10255-4010
NGC 3256	10 27 51.4	-43 54 19	Gx (Sb/P)	12.2	11.5	0.7	13.6	3.8 × 2.1	85	0.009354	39.51	37.400	cB, S, R, gmbM	ESO 263-38; MCG -7-22-10; VV 65; AM 1025-433; IRAS 10257-4338
NGC 3256 A	10 25 51.1	-43 44 51	Gx (SBm)	15.0	14.4	0.6	14.0	1.3 × 0.6	85	0.009487	40.07	37.650	cB, S, R, gmbM	ESO 263-34; AM 1023-432
NGC 3256 B	10 29 01.1	-44 24 12	Gx (SBbc)	13.8	13.0	0.8	12.8	1.9 × 0.5	135	0.009053	38.24	33.800	cB, S, R, gmbM	ESO 263-39; MCG -7-22-14; IRAS 10268-4408
NGC 3256 C	10 29 05.8	-43 51 01	Gx (SBcd)	13.3	12.6	0.7	13.2	1.7 × 1.2	159	0.009070	38.31		cB, S, R, gmbM	ESO 263-41; MCG -7-22-16; FAIR 431; AM 1026-433; IRAS 10269-4335
NGC 3261	10 29 01.4	-44 39 27	Gx (SBbc)	12.0	11.2	0.8	13.5	3.5 × 2.8	85	0.008549	36.11	33.400	F, S, R, am st	ESO 263-40; MCG -7-22-15; AM 1026-442; IRAS 10268-4423
NGC 3262	10 29 06.1	-44 09 36	Gx (SB0)	14.2	13.2	1.0	12.8	1.1 × 0.7	108	0.009553	40.35		eF, S, R	ESO 263-42; MCG -7-22-17
NGC 3263	10 29 13.3	-44 07 22	Gx (SBc)	12.5	11.9	0.6	13.9	5.1 × 1.4	103	0.010012	42.29	39.100	F, S, mE 280°, psbM	ESO 263-43; MCG -7-22-18; AM 1027-435; IRAS 10270-4351
NGC 3283	10 31 11.2	-46 15 02	Gx (S0)	12.5	11.5	1.0	12.9	3.2 × 1.5	168	0.009670	40.85		pF, S, R, gbM	ESO 263-48; IRAS 10290-4559
NGC 3318	10 37 15.0	-41 37 38	Gx (SBbc)	12.2	11.6	0.6	12.6	2.3 × 1.2	78	0.009255	39.09	39.000	cF, pL, pmE, lbM	ESO 317-52; MCG -7-22-26; AM 1035-412; IRAS 10350-4122
NGC 3318 A	10 35 31.2	-41 44 25	Gx (SBc)	15.8	15.1	0.7	14.2	1.3 × 0.4	3				cF, pL, pmE, lbM	ESO 317-50
NGC 3318 B	10 37 33.3	-41 27 58	Gx (SBc)	13.9	13.2	0.7	13.6	1.5 × 1.1	110	0.009193	38.83	32.630	cF, pL, pmE, lbM	ESO 317-53; MCG -7-22-27; AM 1035-411; IRAS 10353-4112
NGC 3366	10 35 08.1	-43 41 37	Gx (SBb)	12.0	11.3	0.7	12.1	1.8 × 0.8	37	0.009645	40.74	41.840	F, E, gbM, * 6·7 v nr	IC 2592; ESO 264-7; MCG -7-22-24; IRAS 10329-4325; SAO 222170 (6.2) 1.5' n
NGC 3482	10 58 34.2	-46 35 03	Gx (SBa)	13.2	12.4	0.8	13.3	1.9 × 1.4	14	0.009709	41.01		eF, S, R, gbM	ESO 264-56

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

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

Planetary Nebulae

Galactic Nebulae

Open Clusters

Globular Clusters

Galaxies

Legend

Dreyer Description

References