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Catalogue

Constellation

Cygnus / 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 6766	20 10 23.7	+46 27 42	PN	12.6	10.9	0.25		planetary, stellar	NGC 6884; PK 82+7.1; CS=15.6
NGC 6826	19 44 48.2	+50 31 32	PN	9.8	8.8	0.6	1.575	planetary, B, pL, R, * 11 M	PK 83+12.1; CS=10.4, Blinking planetary
NGC 6833	19 49 46.6	+48 57 42	PN	13.8	12.1	0.18		planetary, stellar	PK 82+11.1; CS=14.8
NGC 6881	20 10 52.5	+37 24 44	PN	14.3	13.9	0.27	1.595	planetary, stellar	PK 74+2.1; CS=16.7
NGC 6894	20 16 24.0	+30 33 57	PN	14.4	12.3	0.92	1.192	!!, Ring, F, S, vvlE	PK 69-2.1; CS=15.8
NGC 7008	21 00 32.8	+54 32 38	PN	13.3	10.7	1.43	0.859	cB, L, E 45° ±, r, ** att	PK 93+5.2; CS=12.3
NGC 7026	21 06 18.6	+47 51 10	PN	12.7	10.9	0.75	1.840	pB, biN, planetary	PK 89+0.1; CS=14.5
NGC 7027	21 07 01.7	+42 14 12	PN	10.4	8.5	0.3 × 0.2	0.920	planetary, stellar = 8.5 m	PK 84-3.1; CS=16.3
NGC 7048	21 14 15.2	+46 17 21	PN	11.3	12.1	1.02	0.978	pF, pL, dif, iR, vlbM	PK 88-1.1; CS=18.3
IC 5117	21 32 31.0	+44 35 50	PN	13.3	11.5	0.2	5.890	Planetary, stellar	PK 89-5.1; CS=17.2

Galactic 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 6857	20 01 48.0	+33 31 30	EN	11.4		0.63		F, am Milky Way st	PK 70+1.2; Sh2-100; not a PN
NGC 6888	20 12 06.5	+38 21 18	EN	10.0		18 × 13	1.450	F, vL, vmE, ** att	LBN 203; Sh2-105; Crescent nebula
NGC 6914	20 24 43.0	+42 29 00	RN			3 × 3	1.850	vF, vL, iR, dif, 2 st att p	LBN 274
NGC 6960	20 45 42.0	+30 43 00	SNR	7.0		70 × 6	0.450	!! pB, cL, eiF, κ Cygni inv	LBN 191; Veil nebula
NGC 6974	20 51 04.0	+31 49 54	SNR				0.450	Neb *, neby cE pf	knot in Veil nebula
NGC 6979	20 50 30.0	+32 01 36	SNR			7 × 3	0.450	vF, S, iE, sev F st f nr	part of Veil nebula
NGC 6992	20 56 18.0	+31 44 30	SNR	7.0		60 × 8	0.450	!!, eF, eL, eE, eiF, bifurcated	CED 182B; Veil nebula
NGC 6995	20 57 10.0	+31 14 00	SNR	7.0		12 × 12	0.450	F, eL, neb & st in groups	CED 182C; Veil nebula
NGC 7000	20 59 18.0	+44 31 00	EN	4.0	5.0	120 × 100	0.795	F, eeL, dif nebulosity	LBN 373; North America nebula
IC 1318	20 22 14.0	+40 15 24	EN			50 × 30	1.200	γ Cygni, surrounded by L patches of F neby	LBN 245; part of Gamma Cyg nebula
IC 1318 A	20 16 36.0	+41 49 00	EN			50 × 20		γ Cygni, surrounded by L patches of F neby	LBN 251; part of Gamma Cyg nebula
IC 1318 B	20 27 54.0	+40 00 00	EN	14.9		45 × 30		γ Cygni, surrounded by L patches of F neby	part of Gamma Cyg nebula
IC 1340	20 56 08.0	+31 02 54	SNR			25 × 20	0.450	Possibly conn with h 2093	part of Veil nebula
IC 5067	20 47 50.0	+44 22 00	EN	8.0		25 × 10	0.600	F	LBN 353; CED 183A; Pelican nebula
IC 5068	20 50 30.0	+42 28 42	EN			40 × 30	0.600	vF	LBN 328; CED 183B
IC 5070	20 51 00.0	+44 24 06	EN	8.0		60 × 50	0.600	F, dif	LBN 350; CED 183C; Pelican nebula
IC 5076	20 55 33.0	+47 23 42	RN			9 × 7	1.750	vF, vL, lE ns, st inv	LBN 394; CED 185
IC 5146	21 53 24.0	+47 16 00	EN+OCL			10 × 10	0.780	pB, vL, iF, * 9.5 in M	OCL 213; LBN 424; Cocoon nebula

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 6811	19 37 09.6	+46 22 32	OCL (IV3p)		6.8	15	1.240	Cl, L, pRi, lC, st 11…14	OCL 185
NGC 6819	19 41 18.0	+40 11 00	OCL (I1r)		7.3	5	2.400	Cl, vL, vRi, st 11…15	OCL 155
NGC 6834	19 52 12.5	+29 24 29	OCL (II2m)		7.8	6	2.067	Cl, P, lC, st 11…12	OCL 134
NGC 6846	19 56 28.1	+32 20 55	OCL (IV1p)		14.2	0.8	4.000	eF, vS, 3 st inv	OCL 139
NGC 6866	20 03 55.1	+44 09 33	OCL (II2m)	8.0	7.6	7	1.450	Cl, L, vRi, cC	OCL 183
NGC 6871	20 06 27.0	+35 47 24	OCL (IV3p)		5.2	30	1.574	Cl, st L and S, ** inv	OCL 148
NGC 6874	20 07 48.0	+38 14 00	OCL (IV1m)			7	4.500	Cl, P, lC	OCL 157.1; *Grp ?
NGC 6883	20 11 18.0	+35 51 00	OCL (I3p)		8.0	35	1.380	Cl, pRi, ** inv	OCL 152
NGC 6910	20 23 12.0	+40 46 43	OCL (I2p)		7.4	10	1.139	Cl, pB, pS, P, pC, st 10…12	OCL 181
NGC 6913	20 24 06.0	+38 29 36	OCL (III3p)		6.6	10	1.148	Cl, P, lC, st L and S	M 29; OCL 168
NGC 6991 1	20 55 50.0	+47 25 10	OCL			10	0.700	Cl, L, P, vlC	WH's cluster
NGC 6991 2	20 54 43.5	+47 16 54	OCL			8		Cl, L, P, vlC	JH's cluster
NGC 6996	20 56 30.0	+45 28 24	OCL (III2p)		10.0	5	1.500	Cl, P, lC	OCL 197; in Milky Way
NGC 6997	20 56 30.0	+44 39 00	OCL (III2p)		10.0	8	0.620	Cl, P, lC, st L	OCL 197
NGC 7031	21 06 52.0	+50 50 36	OCL (IV1p)		9.1	15	0.900	Cl of triple st, lC	OCL 210
NGC 7039	21 11 12.0	+45 39 00	OCL (III2p)		7.6	15	0.951	Cl, vL, pRi, E, st 10…	OCL 203
NGC 7044	21 13 09.4	+42 29 46	OCL (II2r)		12.0	7	3.161	Cl, vF, pL, vRi, vC, st 15…18	OCL 198
NGC 7062	21 23 27.4	+46 22 43	OCL (III1p)		8.3	5	1.480	Cl, pS, pRi, pC, st 13…	OCL 205
NGC 7063	21 24 22.0	+36 29 12	OCL (III2p)		7.0	9	0.689	Cl, P, st 10…	OCL 192
NGC 7067	21 24 12.3	+48 00 41	OCL (II2p)		9.7	3	3.600	Cl, P, ? Neb	OCL 208
NGC 7082	21 29 17.0	+47 07 36	OCL (IV2p)		7.2	24	1.442	Cl, L, cRi, lC, st 10…13	OCL 209
NGC 7086	21 30 27.5	+51 36 02	OCL (II2m)		8.4	12	1.298	Cl, cL, vRi, pC, st 11…16	OCL 214
NGC 7092	21 31 52.0	+48 25 30	OCL (III2p)		4.6	31	0.311	Cl, vL, vP, vlC, st 7…10	M 39; OCL 211
NGC 7127	21 43 52.9	+54 35 46	OCL (IV1p)			6	1.445	Cl, S, P, lC	OCL 219
NGC 7128	21 43 57.7	+53 42 55	OCL (II3m)		9.7	4	2.307	Cl, S, pRi, has a ruby * 9.5	OCL 218
IC 1310	20 10 01.0	+34 58 06	OCL (II1p)			3		F neby	OCL 147; Berkeley 50; in LBN 181?
IC 1311	20 10 48.0	+41 10 24	OCL (II3rn)		13.1	5	5.333	eF, within circle of st	OCL 173; COU 45; URA 50
IC 1369	21 12 09.0	+47 46 00	OCL (I1m)		8.8	5	2.100	S neb Cl of st 13m	OCL 204
IC 4996	20 16 31.7	+37 38 35	OCL (II3p)		7.3	7	1.732	Cl, st 8...13 (M.N., lxiv.)	OCL 158

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 6764	19 08 16.6	+50 55 59	Gx (SBbc)	12.6	11.9	0.7	12.9	2.2 × 1.2	62	0.008059	34.04	32.540	pF, pL, mE, sev vF st inv	UGC 11407; MCG 8-35-3; CGCG 256-7; IRAS 19070+5051
NGC 6783	19 16 47.5	+46 01 05	Gx (C)	15.4	14.4	1.0	13.1	0.6 × 0.6		0.030201	127.5		eF, diffic	MCG 8-35-7; CGCG 256-13
NGC 6798	19 24 03.1	+53 37 27	Gx (S0)	14.2	13.2	1.0	13.5	1.6 × 0.9	141	0.007972	33.67		F, vS, R, * v nr	IC 1300; UGC 11434; MCG 9-32-2; CGCG 281-1
NGC 6801	19 27 35.9	+54 22 21	Gx (Sc)	14.6	13.9	0.7	13.6	1.3 × 0.7	44	0.014393	60.79	45.750	eF, pS, R, F * s nr	UGC 11443; MCG 9-32-5; CGCG 281-3; IRAS 19264+5416
NGC 6824	19 43 40.5	+56 06 32	Gx (Sab)	13.0	12.2	0.8	12.8	1.9 × 1.4	60	0.011294	47.71		pB, iF, bM	UGC 11470; MCG 9-32-12; CGCG 281-8; IRAS 19426+5559
NGC 6916	20 23 33.1	+58 20 39	Gx (SBbc)	14.3	13.5	0.8	14.1	1.8 × 1.2	90	0.010344	43.69	41.050	eeF, pS, F * close p, v diffic	UGC 11554; MCG 10-29-4; CGCG 304-4; IRAS 20224+5810
NGC 6946	20 34 52.1	+60 09 12	Gx (SBc)	9.6	8.8	0.8	13.8	11.5 × 9.8	57	0.000133	0.56	5.960	vF, vL, vg, vsbM, rr	UGC 11597; MCG 10-29-6; CGCG 304-6; Arp 29; IRAS 20338+5958
NGC 7013	21 03 33.6	+29 53 49	Gx (S0-a)	12.4	11.3	1.1	13.1	4 × 1.4	157	0.002598	10.97	14.200	pB, cS, R, psbM, pB * np	UGC 11670; MCG 5-49-1; CGCG 491-2; IRAS 21014+2941
NGC 7116	21 42 40.4	+28 56 48	Gx (Sbc)	14.2	13.4	0.8	12.4	1.1 × 0.4	105	0.011781	49.76		vF, pL, mE	UGC 11796; MCG 5-51-1; CGCG 493-5
IC 1301	19 26 31.9	+50 07 33	Gx (S0-a)	14.2	13.3	0.9	13.0	1.2 × 0.7	17	0.013636	57.60		eeF, vS, R, 3 st f	IC 4867; UGC 11437; MCG 8-35-10; CGCG 256-17; KCPG 539A; NPM1G +50.0429
IC 1302	19 30 52.8	+35 47 06	Gx (SBc)	14.1	13.4	0.7	12.2	0.9 × 0.4	45	0.015527	65.58		vF, undefined	MCG 6-43-2; IRAS 19290+3540
IC 1303	19 31 30.2	+35 52 33	Gx (Sc)	15.0	14.3	0.7	13.7	1.3 × 0.8	106	0.014894	62.91		vF, S, with S Cl	UGC 11452; MCG 6-43-4; IRAS 19296+3546
IC 1392	21 35 32.6	+35 23 55	Gx (E-S0)	13.0	12.0	1.0	11.8	1.1 × 0.7	75	0.014650	61.88		pB, vmbM *	UGC 11772; MCG 6-47-3; CGCG 512-6

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

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

Planetary Nebulae

Galactic Nebulae

Open Clusters

Galaxies

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Dreyer Description

References