Catalogues

Catalogue

Constellation

Cassiopeia / 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
IC 289	03 10 19.2	+61 19 03	PN	12.3	13.2	0.8	1.592	pB, pL, R, bet 2 vF st	PK 138+2.1; CS=16.8
IC 1747	01 57 35.8	+63 19 22	PN	13.6	12.0	0.32	3.245	Planetary, stell	PK 130+1.1; CS=15.8

Galactic Nebulae

Revised+Historic NGC/IC Version 22/9, © 2022 Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	Dim	MD	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 281	00 52 53.8	+56 37 30	EN		35 × 30	2.900	F, vL, dif, S triple * on np edge	IC 11; LBN 616; in OCL 313
NGC 896	02 25 27.8	+62 01 10	EN		10 × 10	2.300	eF, pL, iF	IC 1795; LBN 645; CED 6; SG 1.04; Min 2-57; narrrow dark lane n-s, SNR ?
NGC 7635	23 20 45.0	+61 12 42	EN	11.0	15 × 8	3.400	vF, * 8 inv l excentric	LBN 549; in Sh2-162, Bubble nebula
IC 59	00 57 28.5	+61 08 37	EN		10 × 5	0.610	pF, eL ! (nf γ Cassiop)	LBN 620; Gamma Cas nebula
IC 63	00 59 29.0	+60 54 40	EN		10 × 3	0.610	pF, eL ! conn with np one	LBN 623; CED 4B; Gamma Cas nebula
IC 1831	02 44 00.0	+63 00 36	EN		120	2.000	vF, eeL	CED 8
IC 1871	02 57 21.7	+60 40 20	EN			2.000	* 9.3 nebs, chiefly f	LBN 675

Open Clusters

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 103	00 25 17.3	+61 19 19	OCL (II2p)		9.8	5	1.100	Cl, pS, pC, st 11…18	OCL 291
NGC 110	00 27 25.4	+71 23 26	OCL (IV1p)			19		Cl, pR, lC, st 9…12	OCL 300
NGC 129	00 29 58.0	+60 12 42	OCL (IV2p)		6.5	12	1.625	Cl, vL, pR, lC, st 9…13	OCL 294
NGC 133	00 31 18.0	+63 21 06	OCL (IV1p)		9.4	3	0.780	Cl, pL, st 10…, D * inv	OCL 296
NGC 136	00 31 30.7	+61 30 33	OCL (II2p)	11.5	11.5	1.5	5.220	globular, vF, S, eC	OCL 295
NGC 146	00 33 03.0	+63 18 06	OCL (IV3p)		9.1	5	3.032	Cl, pL, lC, st 11-12, D *	OCL 299
NGC 189	00 39 35.6	+61 05 42	OCL (III2p)		8.8	5	1.300	Cl, pL, R, st 11…15	OCL 301
NGC 225	00 43 36.0	+61 46 00	OCL (III1p)		7.0	15	0.657	Cl, L, lC, st 9…10	OCL 305
NGC 366	01 06 25.9	+62 13 44	OCL (II3p)			4		Cl, S	OCL 316
NGC 381	01 08 20.0	+61 35 00	OCL (III2p)		9.3	7	1.058	Cl, pC	OCL 317
NGC 433	01 15 09.2	+60 07 33	OCL (III2p)			4	2.000	Cl, S, lC	OCL 319
NGC 436	01 15 58.0	+58 48 42	OCL (I3m)		8.8	5	3.014	Cl, S, iF, pC	OCL 320
NGC 457	01 19 33.0	+58 17 42	OCL (I3r)		6.4	20	2.429	Cl, B, L, pRi, st 7, 8, 10	OCL 321
NGC 559	01 29 31.0	+63 18 06	OCL (II2m)		9.5	7	1.258	Cl, B, pL, pRi	OCL 322
NGC 581	01 33 23.0	+60 39 30	OCL (III2p)		7.4	6	2.194	Cl, pL, B, R, Ri, st 10…11	M 103; OCL 326
NGC 609	01 36 23.7	+64 32 12	OCL (II3r)		11.0	3	4.000	Cl, S, pRi, st 14 ..	OCL 325
NGC 637	01 43 03.0	+64 02 12	OCL (I3p)		8.2	3	2.160	Cl, pS, B & vF st	OCL 329
NGC 654	01 43 59.4	+61 52 58	OCL (II3m)		6.5	6	2.041	Cl, iF, Ri, one * 6·7, st 11…14	OCL 330
NGC 657	01 43 29.8	+55 52 30	OCL			7	1.372	Cl, pRi, st 12	OCL 337; *Grp ?
NGC 659	01 44 24.0	+60 40 12	OCL (III1p)		7.9	6	1.938	Cl, lRi, st B	OCL 332
NGC 663	01 46 17.0	+61 13 06	OCL (III2m)		7.1	15	1.952	Cl, B, L, eRi, st pL	OCL 333
NGC 743	01 58 37.0	+60 10 00	OCL (II1p)			7	1.618	Cl, not Ri, D * (h 1098)	OCL 343
NGC 886	02 23 28.1	+63 46 16	OCL			14	1.700	Cl, L, lC, sc, st 9…13	*Grp ?
NGC 1027	02 42 36.0	+61 35 42	OCL (III2p)		6.7	15	0.772	Cl, L, sc st, one 10 m	IC 1824; OCL 357
NGC 7654	23 24 48.0	+61 36 00	OCL (I2r)		6.9	16	1.421	Cl, L, Ri, mCM, R, st 9…13	M 52; OCL 260
NGC 7788	23 56 46.0	+61 24 00	OCL (I2p)		9.4	4	2.374	Cl, S, pRi, vC, st 10, 13…	OCL 275
NGC 7789	23 57 28.6	+56 42 52	OCL (II2r)		6.7	25	2.337	Cl, vL, vRi, vmC, st 11…18	OCL 269
NGC 7790	23 58 24.2	+61 12 30	OCL (III2p)		8.5	5	2.944	Cl, pRi, pC	OCL 276
IC 166	01 52 22.0	+61 51 12	OCL (III1r)		11.7	8	4.800	S Cl, nebulous ?	OCL 334
IC 1590	00 52 48.0	+56 37 54	OCL (OCL+EN)				2.384	Cl, vL, st sc, 281 f	in N 281
IC 1805	02 32 48.0	+61 27 42	OCL (III3pn)		6.5	20	1.886	Cl, co, eL neby extends f	OCL 352; Mel 15; LBN 654
IC 1848	02 51 18.0	+60 24 30	OCL (IV3pn)		6.5	18	2.002	Cl, st F, extends 8m f, in F neby	OCL 364; LBN 667

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 147	00 33 11.7	+48 30 26	Gx (E5/P)	10.5	9.5	1.0	14.5	13.2 × 7.8	25	-0.000644		0.730	vF, vL, iR, gsmbM * 11	UGC 326; MCG 8-2-5; DDO 3; CGCG 550-6
NGC 185	00 38 57.6	+48 20 14	Gx (E3)	10.1	9.2	0.9	14.4	8 × 7	35	-0.000674		0.670	pB, vL, iR, vgmbM, r	UGC 396; MCG 8-2-10; CGCG 550-9; IRAS 00362+4803
NGC 278	00 52 04.5	+47 33 03	Gx (SBb)	11.5	10.8	0.7	12.2	2.1 × 2	12	0.002090	8.83	11.800	cB, pL, R, 2 st 10 nr	UGC 528; MCG 8-2-16; CGCG 550-16; IRAS 00492+4716
NGC 1343	03 37 49.8	+72 34 17	Gx (SBb/P)	13.5	12.7	0.8	14.1	2.6 × 1.6	80	0.007388	31.21	4.250	F, vS, iR, gbM, D * v nr	UGC 2792; MCG 12-4-1; CGCG 327-5; 7ZW 8; IRAS 03324+7224
IC 10	00 20 24.5	+59 17 33	Gx (IBm)	11.8	10.4	1.4	14.0	6.4 × 5.3	135	-0.001161		0.860	F * inv in eF, vL neb	UGC 192; MCG 10-1-1; IRAS 00177+5900

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

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

Planetary Nebulae

Galactic Nebulae

Open Clusters

Galaxies

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Dreyer Description

References