The following is a list of NGC objects, that is objects listed in the

New General Catalogue The ''New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars'' (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and ...

(NGC). It is one of the largest comprehensive

astronomical catalogue An astronomical catalog or catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a common type, morphology, origin, means of detection, or method of discovery. The oldest and largest are star cat ...

s for

deep sky objects A deep-sky object (DSO) is any astronomical object that is not an individual star or Solar System object (such as Sun, Moon, planet, comet, etc.). The classification is used for the most part by amateur astronomers to denote visually observed f ...

such as

star cluster Star clusters are large groups of stars. Two main types of star clusters can be distinguished: globular clusters are tight groups of ten thousand to millions of old stars which are gravitationally bound, while open clusters are more loosely clust ...

nebula A nebula ('cloud' or 'fog' in Latin; pl. nebulae, nebulæ or nebulas) is a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral or molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust. Nebulae are often star-forming regio ...

e, and

galaxies A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...

. *

List of NGC objects (1–1000) This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of NGC ...

List of NGC objects (1001–2000) This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of ...

* List of NGC objects (2001–3000) * List of NGC objects (3001–4000) *

List of NGC objects (4001–5000) This is a list of NGC objects 4001–5000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of ...

List of NGC objects (5001–6000) This is a list of NGC objects 5001–6000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of ...

List of NGC objects (6001–7000) This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalog An astronomical catalog or catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a comm ...

* List of NGC objects (7001–7840)

Superlative entries

NGC objects of superlative significance include: *

NGC 2573 NGC 2573 (also known as Polarissima Australis) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Octans, discovered in 1837 by John Herschel. It is the closest NGC object to the south celestial pole. See also * NGC 3172 - the closest NGC ob ...

- Polarissima Australis, the closest NGC object to the

south celestial pole The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere. The north and south celestial poles appear permanently directly overhead to observers at ...

NGC 3172 NGC 3172 (also known as Polarissima Borealis) is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Minor. It is the closest NGC object to the north celestial pole. Discovered by John Herschel in 1831, it is about 285 million light-years away ...

- Polarissima Borealis, the closest NGC object to the north celestial pole

Stars

Some objects originally thought to be deep sky objects and listed in the NGC have been subsequently shown to be ordinary stars, so their inclusion in the catalog is now considered erroneous. This list of stars is based on the 'NGC 2000.0' version of the catalog, which lists the stars in its errata, supplemented with data on each individual star from the

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database.

References

External links

The New General Catalogue Online
– A website maintained by the NGC/IC Project.

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NGC objects The ''New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars'' (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and e ...