(
New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars)
basic reference list of
star clusters,
nebulas, and
galaxies. It was compiled in 1888 by
Danish astronomer Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer, who based his work on earlier lists made by the Herschel family of
British astronomers. Dreyer included some 8,000 celestial objects, a total raised to about 13,000 by his first and second Index Catalogues (IC), published in 1895 and 1908, respectively. With these supplements the NGC covers the entire sky, although many objects visible with modern instruments are not listed.
An object may be known by several designations; e.g., the Crab Nebula is also called NGC 1952 and M 1, the latter being its number in the Messier catalog.
- NGC 104 globular cluster 47 Tucanae
- NGC 188 one of the oldest open clusters
- NGC 206 star cloud in M31
- NGC 253 bright galaxy in the Sculptor or South Galactic Polar Group
- NGC 292 the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)
- NGC 595 bright nebula and cluster in M33
- NGC 604 huge bright nebula and cluster in M33
- NGC 752 bright cluster in Andromeda, probably discovered by Hodierna
- NGC 869 h Persei, double cluster with chi
- NGC 884 chi Persei, double cluster with h
- NGC 891 edge-on spiral galaxy in Andromeda
- NGC 2023 near the Horsehead Nebula
- NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- NGC 2237 part of the Rosette Nebula
- NGC 2238 part of the Rosette Nebula
- NGC 2239 part of the Rosette Nebula
- NGC 2244 cluster in the Rosette Nebula
- NGC 2246 part of the Rosette Nebula
- NGC 2264 the Cone Nebula and associated cluster
- NGC 2362 the Tau CMa cluster, or Mexican Jumping Star
- NGC 2403 Sc galaxy in the M81 group
- NGC 2419 outlying globular cluster in Lynx
- NGC 2438 planetary nebula in front of M46
- NGC 2451 bright cluster in Puppis, perhaps discovered by Hodierna before 1654
- NGC 2477 Lacaille I.3, rich and bright cluster in Puppis
- NGC 2516 Lacaille II.3, bright cluster in Carina
- NGC 2546 Lacaille II.4, considerable cluster in Puppis
- NGC 2547 Lacaille III.2, considerable cluster in Vela
- NGC 2903 rather bright spiral galaxy in Leo
- NGC 2976 faint companion of M81 and M82
- NGC 3077 companion of M81 and M82
- NGC 3115 Spindle Galaxy in Sextans
- NGC 3228 Lacaille II.7, considerable southern open cluster in Vela
- NGC 3293 Lacaille II.8, bright open cluster in Carina
- NGC 3372 the Eta Carinae nebula
- NGC 3532 Lacaille II.10, bright open cluster in Carina
- NGC 3628 the third of the Leo Triplet (with M65 and M66)
- NGC 3766 Lacaille III.7, considerable southern cluster in Centaurus
- NGC 4565 large bright edge-on spiral in Com]
- NGC 4571 barred spiral in Virgo cluster, once possible candidate for M91
- NGC 4631 the Herring or Whale Galaxy
- NGC 4656 highly distorted spiral interacting with NGC 4631
- NGC 4755 Kappa Cruxis, the Jewel Box cluster, Lacaille II.12
- NGC 4833 southern globular in Musca, Lacaille I.4
- NGC 5128 peculiar and radio galaxy Centaurus A
- NGC 5139 globular cluster Omega Centauri
- NGC 5195 companion of M51
- NGC 5281 Lacaille I.7, Southern open cluster in Centaurus
- NGC 5662 Lacaille III.8, considerable southern cluster in Centaurus
- NGC 5907 in group with M102 candidate NGC 5866
- NGC 6025 considerable open cluster in Triangulum Australe, Lacaille III.10
- NGC 6124 considerable open cluster in Scorpius, Lacaille I.8
- NGC 6231 bright open cluster in Scorpius, discovered by Hodierna, Lacaille II.13
- NGC 6242 open cluster in Scorpius, Lacaille I.10
- NGC 6397 nearby globular cluster in Ara
- NGC 6530 open cluster associated with the Lagoon Nebula M8
- NGC 6543 the Cat Eye nebula, that planetary near the North Ecliptic Pole
- NGC 6633 bright open cluster in Ophiuchus, discovered by De Cheseaux
- NGC 6822 Barnard's Galaxy, an irregular Local Group galaxy
- NGC 6946 the galaxy in which most supernovae occurred
- NGC 7000 the North America Nebula
- NGC 7009 the Saturn Nebula
- NGC 7293 the Helix Nebula
- NGC 7331 conspicuous spiral galaxy in Pegasus
- NGC 7479 nice barred spiral galaxy in Pegasus
This info appears verbatim in many places, one of them being
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/ngc.html