Catalogues

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

References

  • [277] Historische Deep-Sky Kataloge; Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke; klima-luft.de/steinicke; 2021-02-17
  • [313] A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., revised, corrected, and enlarged; Dreyer, J. L. E.; Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. 49: 1–237 (1888); Bibcode:1888MmRAS..49....1D
  • [314] Index Catalogue of Nebulæ found in the years 1888 to 1894, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue; Dreyer, J. L. E.; Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, p.185; 1895; Bibcode:1895MmRAS..51..185D
  • [315] Second Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; containing objects found in the years 1895 to 1907, with Notes and Corrections to the New General Catalogue and to the Index Catalogue for 1888–94; Dreyer, J. L. E.; Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society. 59: 105–198 (1910); Bibcode:1910MmRAS..59..105D