Kataloge

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Typ	vMag	Dim	MD	Dreyer Beschreibung	Identifikation, Anmerkungen
NGC 4052	12 02 00.0	-63 13 18	OCL (II1p)	8.8	10	1.209	Cl, pRi, lC	OCL 870; ESO 94-SC10
NGC 4103	12 06 39.5	-61 15 00	OCL (I3m)	7.4	6	1.664	Cl, pL, pC, iR, st 10…14	OCL 871; ESO 130-SC5
NGC 4184	12 13 32.5	-62 42 47	OCL (I2p)		2		Cl, mC, st eS	ESO 130-SC10; OCL 877
NGC 4337	12 24 03.2	-58 07 25	OCL (II3p)	8.9	3.5	0.489	Cl, pRi, lC, st 12…14	OCL 878; ESO 131-SC2
NGC 4349	12 24 06.0	-61 52 13	OCL (I2m)	7.4	4	2.176	Cl, vB, vL, lC, st 12…14	OCL 882; ESO 131-SC3
NGC 4439	12 28 26.3	-60 06 11	OCL (II1p)	8.4	4	1.785	Cl, S, st 11…12	OCL 884; ESO 131-SC6
NGC 4609	12 42 19.8	-62 59 38	OCL (II1p)	6.9	6	1.223	Cl, pL, pC, cE, st 10	OCL 890; ESO 95-SC14
NGC 4755	12 53 39.0	-60 21 42	OCL (I3r)	4.2	10	1.976	Cl, vL, st vB (κ Crucis)	OCL 892; ESO 131-SC16; Jewel Box, Kappa Cru cluster

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

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

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