New General Catalogue
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The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
All labels observed (4)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century scientific work
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astronomical catalogue ⓘ deep-sky object catalogue ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NGC ⓘ |
| basedOn |
earlier catalogues by John Herschel
ⓘ
earlier catalogues by William Herschel ⓘ |
| catalogueType | general (non-specialized) deep-sky catalogue ⓘ |
| compiledBy | John Louis Emil Dreyer ⓘ |
| compilerNationality | Danish-Irish ⓘ |
| containsObjectsBeyond | Milky Way ⓘ |
| containsObjectsIn | Milky Way ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | equatorial coordinates ⓘ |
| covers |
deep-sky objects
ⓘ
galaxies ⓘ nebulae ⓘ star clusters ⓘ |
| dataFieldsInclude |
brightness
ⓘ
object type ⓘ position ⓘ |
| epochAtPublication | B1875.0 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Index Catalogue
ⓘ
Index Catalogue ⓘ
surface form:
Second Index Catalogue
|
| fullName |
New General Catalogue
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
|
| historicalSignificance | one of the most important pre-photographic deep-sky catalogues ⓘ |
| includes |
globular star clusters
ⓘ
open star clusters ⓘ |
| influenced |
deep-sky observing guides
ⓘ
modern galaxy catalogues ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterFormats | digital database ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | astronomical community ⓘ |
| NGC1976CommonName | Orion Nebula ⓘ |
| NGC224CommonName | Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| NGC6205CommonName | Hercules Globular Cluster ⓘ |
| notableObjectExample |
NGC 1976
ⓘ
NGC 224 ⓘ NGC 6205 ⓘ |
| numberOfEntries | 7840 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | printed catalogue ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publishedIn | 1888 ⓘ |
| publisher | Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ |
| regionCovered | entire sky ⓘ |
| stillInUse | true ⓘ |
| subjectArea | astronomy ⓘ |
| usedBy |
amateur astronomers
ⓘ
professional astronomers ⓘ |
| usesDesignationPrefix | NGC ⓘ |
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Subject: New General Catalogue Description of subject: The New General Catalogue is a comprehensive 19th-century astronomical catalog of deep-sky objects, including galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, that remains widely used by astronomers today.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
NGC 6530
this entity surface form:
NGC catalogue of nebulae and clusters
this entity surface form:
New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
subject surface form:
NGC 281
subject surface form:
NGC 1499
subject surface form:
47 Tucanae
this entity surface form:
Herschel Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars
subject surface form:
NGC 7317