Hawaiian Astronomical Society

S.A.C. 110 Best of the NGC

by A.J. Crayon and Steve Coe
Version 1.0, dated Thu 01-04-1990

This list is used by members of the Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix, AZ. for the Best of the NGC achievement award. Constellation abbreviations are the IAU standard.

Type abbreviations:

GC= globular cluster OC= open cluster PN= planetary nebula

EN= emission nebula SNR= supernova remnant RN= reflection nebula

Galaxies are identified by their Hubble type.

Sizes are in arc minutes, unless noted otherwise.

No. NGC CON TYPE R.A.(2000) Dec Mv SIZE NOTES

1 891 AND Sb 02 22.6 +42 21 11.5 14.0x3.0 edge-on with dust lane

2 7662 AND PN 23 25.9 +42 33 8.6 17"x14" use high power for detail

3 6781 AQL PN 19 18.5 +06 32 11.8 111"x109" large, pale

4 7009 AQR PN 21 04.2 -11 22 8.3 28"x23" Saturn, small green oval

5 7293 AQR PN 22 29.6 -20 48 6.3 960"x720" Helix, large, diffuse

6 772 ARI Sb 01 59.4 +19 00 11.5 8.0x5.0 diffuse spiral

7 1907 AUR OC 05 28.0 +35 19 8.2 7.0 30* mags 9...

8 1931 AUR OC 05 31.4 +34 15 11.3 3x3 haze around 4*

9 1501 CAM PN 04 07.0 +60 55 12 55.8"x48" faint, dark center

10 2403 CAM Sc 07 36.8 +65 37 9.5 17.8 visible in binocs

11 2655 CAM S 08 55.6 +78 13 11.5 6.5x5.8 stellar nucleus

12 185 CAS dE0 00 39.0 +48 20 9.7 12x10 distant companion to M31

13 281 CAS OC 00 52.8 +56 37 7.4 4.0 responds to UHC filter

14 457 CAS OC 01 19.1 +58 20 6.4 13.0 rich, 80*

15 663 CAS OC 01 46.0 +61 15 7.1 16.0 NGC's 654 + 659 nearby

16 7789 CAS OC 23 57.0 +56 44 6.7 16.0 very rich, many dim*

17 5128 CEN SOp 13 25.5 -43 01 8.0 18x15 equatorial dust lane

18 5139 CEN GC 13 26.8 -47 29 3.7 36 omega Centauri!

19 40 CEP PN 00 13.0 +72 32 10.7 60"x40" central* 11.6mag

20 6939 CEP OC 20 31.4 +60 38 7.8 8.0 rich, 80*, near NGC 6946

21 6946 CEP Sc 20 34.8 +60 09 10.5 14 diffuse, face-on

22 7129 CEP RN 21 41.3 +66 06 11.5 7x7 faint reflection neby

23 246 CET PN 00 47.1 -11 53 8.5 240"x210" low surface brightness

24 936 CET SBa 02 27.7 -01 09 11 5.6x4.5 near M77

25 2359 CMA EN 07 17.8 -13 13 -- 8.0 Duck, UHC filter helps

26 4274 COM Sb 12 19.9 +29 37 11.1 7.3x2.7 many other NGC's near

27 4414 COM SC 12 26.4 +31 14 10.9 4.8x3.2 stellar nucleus

28 4494 COM E1 12 31.3 +25 47 10.7 4.5x4.3 small, compact

29 4559 COM SC 12 35.9 +27 58 10.7 13.0x5.2 coarse structure

30 4565 COM Sb 12 36.3 +26 00 10.3 15.5x1.9 superb edge-on, dust lane

31 4725 COM Sb 12 50.4 +25 33 10.2 12.0x9.0 bright, large spiral

32 4361 CRV PN 12 24.5 -18 48 10.3 80" small, bright

33 4111 CVN S0 12 07.1 +43 05 11.4 4.3x0.8 bright lens shape

34 4214 CVN Ir 12 15.7 +36 20 10.3 11x9.0 large irregular

35 4244 CVN S 12 17.5 +37 49 10.8 18.5x2.3 huge edge-on

36 4449 CVN Ir 12 28.2 +44 06 10 6.0x4,5 bizarre rectangular shape

37 4490 CVN Sc 12 30.6 +41 39 10.1 7.0x3.5 bright spiral

38 4631 CVN Sc 12 42.1 +32 33 9.8 17.0x3.5 huge edge-on

39 4656 CVN Sc 12 43.9 +32 11 10.6 22.0x3.0 companion is NGC 4657

40 5005 CVN Sb 13 11.0 +37 03 10.6 6.3x3.0 near Alpha CVn

41 5033 CVN Sb 13 13.5 +36 36 10.9 11.5x5.5 near NGC 5005

42 6819 CYG OC 19 41.3 +40 11 7.3 5.0 rich, 150*

43 6826 CYG PN 19 44.8 +50 31 8.8 27"x24" Blinking PN, 10mag*

44 6960 CYG EN 20 45.6 +30 43 -- 70x6 Veil, west half

45 6992 CYG EN 20 56.3 +31 42 -- 60x8 Veil, east, use UHC

46 7000 CYG EN 20 58.8 +44 20 -- 120x100 North Am., low power

47 7027 CYG PN 21 07.1 +42 14 9.6 18"x11" proto-planetary, unique

48 5907 DRA Sb 15 15.9 +56 19 11.4 12.8x1.8 fine edge-on, dust lane

49 6503 DRA Sb 17 49.4 +70 09 11.5 8x2.6 bright, elongated

50 6543 DRA PN 17 58.6 +66 38 8.3 22"x16" 11th mag central*

51 1232 ERI Sc 03 09.7 -20 34 10.5 8x7 face-on spiral

52 1535 ERI PN 04 14.2 -12 44 10.4 20"x17" bright bluish disk

53 2158 GEM OC 06 07.5 +24 06 8.6 5.0 near M35, compact

54 2392 GEM PN 07 29.2 +20 55 8.6 47"x43" Eskimo, use high power

55 6207 HER Sc 16 43.1 +36 50 12.5 3.3x1.2 no definite nucleus

56 6210 HER PN 16 44.5 +23 49 9.7 20"x13" small, bluish

57 3242 HYA PN 10 24.8 -18 38 8.6 40"x35" Ghost of Jupiter

58 7209 LAC OC 22 05.2 +46 30 6.7 25.0 50*

59 7243 LAC OC 22 15.3 +49 53 6.4 21.0 40*

60 2903 LEO Sb 09 32.2 +21 29 10 13.3x6.0 bright, elongated

61 3384 LEO E7 10 48.3 +12 38 10 5.4x2.8 in field of M105

62 3521 LEO Sc 11 05.8 -00 02 10.1 13.5x7.0 large, bright

63 3607 LEO E1 11 16.9 +18 03 10.2 4.5x4.0 other galxy's nearby

64 3628 LEO Sb 11 20.3 +13 36 11.5 15.5x4.3 edge-on, near M65 - M66

65 3344 LMI Sc 10 43.5 +24 55 11.1 7.5x7.0 diffuse face-on

66 3432 LMI Sc 10 52.5 +36 37 11.7 7.5x2.0 edge-on, faint streak

67 2683 LYN Sb 08 52.7 +33 25 11 9.2x2.6 bright edge-on

68 2244 MON OC 06 32.4 +04 52 4.8 24.0 Rosette, OC + neby

69 2261 MON EN 06 39.2 +08 44 -- 2x1 Hubble's Neb, comet like

70 6369 OPH PN 17 29.3 -23 46 11 30"x29" near NGC 6309

71 6572 OPH PN 18 12.1 +06 51 9 15"x12" small, bright

72 6633 OPH OC 18 27.7 +06 34 4.6 27.0 large, sparse, bright

73 1788 ORI EN 05 06.9 -03 20 -- 8x5 comet shaped

74 1973 ORI EN 05 35.1 -04 44 -- 5x5 near M42

75 2024 ORI EN 05 42.0 -01 50 -- 30x30 put Zeta out of field

76 2022 ORI PN 05 42.1 +09 05 12.8 28"x27" small, annular

77 2194 ORI OC 06 13.8 +12 48 8.5 10.0 rich with faint stars

78 7331 PEG Sb 22 37.1 +34 25 10.4 11.4x4.0 elongated in PA 171 deg

79 869 PER OC 02 19.0 +57 09 4.3 30.0 Double Cluster w/NGC 884

80 884 PER OC 02 22.4 +57 07 4.4 30.0 350*, use low power

81 1023 PER E7p 02 40.5 +39 03 11 9x4 lens shaped

82 1491 PER EN 04 03.3 +51 18 -- 3x3 small, fairly bright

83 2438 PUP PN 07 41.8 -14 44 11 65" on N edge of M46

84 2440 PUP PN 07 41.9 -18 13 11.5 54"x20" almost stellar

85 2539 PUP OC 08 10.7 -12 50 6.5 22.0 rich, near M46 + M47

86 253 SCL Scp 00 47.5 -25 18 7.1 25x7 large

87 6712 SCT GC 18 53.1 -08 42 8.2 7.2 PN IC 1295 in field

88 3115 SEX E6 10 05.2 -07 43 10.1 8.3x3.2 Spindle, lens-shaped

89 6445 SGR PN 17 49.2 -20 01 13 35"x30" annular, near M23

90 6520 SGR OC 18 03.4 -27 54 7.6 6.0 60*, compact, near B86

91 6818 SGR PN 19 44.0 -14 09 10 22"x15" annular, near NGC 6822

92 2841 UMA Sb 09 22.0 +50 59 10.5 7.4x3.5 bright edge-on

93 3079 UMA Sb 10 02.0 +55 41 11.2 8.7x1.6 elongated in PA 165 deg

94 3077 UMA E2p 10 03.3 +68 44 10.7 6.0x4.5 bright core

95 3184 UMA Sc 10 18.3 +41 25 10.4 8.5x7.8 diffuse face-on

96 3675 UMA Sb 11 26.1 +43 35 10.4 6.8x3.5 in field of 56 UMA

97 3877 UMA Sc 11 46.1 +47 30 11.8 5.6x1.2 elongated in PA 35 deg

98 3941 UMA E3 11 52.9 +36 59 11.3 3.6x2.5 small, bright

99 4026 UMA E8 11 59.4 +50 58 11.5 4.5x1.1 lens-shaped

100 4088 UMA Sb 12 05.6 +50 33 11.2 5.9x2.2 near NGC4085

101 4605 UMA Scp 12 40.0 +61 37 10.8 7.0x2.5 bright edge-on

102 4216 VIR Sb 12 15.9 +13 09 11.2 8.5x1.7 near NGCs 4206 + 4222

103 4388 VIR SBc 12 25.8 +12 40 12.2 6.2x1.7 near M84 + M86

104 4438 VIR Sap 12 27.8 +13 01 12 9.7x3.9 pair with NGC4435

105 4526 VIR E7 12 34.1 +07 43 10.6 7.0x2.7 betwn 2* of 7th mag

106 4535 VIR SBc 12 34.4 +08 13 11.1 7.8x7.0 near M49

107 4567 VIR Sb 12 36.6 +11 16 12.5 3.0x2.5 Siamese Twins, galxy pair

108 4699 VIR Sa 12 49.1 -08 40 10.5 3.5x2.7 small & bright

109 4762 VIR SO 12 53.0 +11 14 11.1 9.0x2.0 flattest galaxy known

110 5746 VIR Sb 14 45.0 +01 49 12.3 7.4x1.1 edge-on, near* 109 VIR

111 6940 VUL OC 20 34.6 +28 18 6.3 31.0 rich, 60*

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GC= globular cluster	OC= open cluster	PN= planetary nebula
EN= emission nebula	SNR= supernova remnant	RN= reflection nebula
Galaxies are identified by their Hubble type.
Sizes are in arc minutes, unless noted otherwise.

No.	NGC	CON	TYPE	R.A.(2000)	Dec	Mv	SIZE	NOTES
1	891	AND	Sb	02 22.6	+42 21	11.5	14.0x3.0	edge-on with dust lane
2	7662	AND	PN	23 25.9	+42 33	8.6	17"x14"	use high power for detail
3	6781	AQL	PN	19 18.5	+06 32	11.8	111"x109"	large, pale
4	7009	AQR	PN	21 04.2	-11 22	8.3	28"x23"	Saturn, small green oval
5	7293	AQR	PN	22 29.6	-20 48	6.3	960"x720"	Helix, large, diffuse
6	772	ARI	Sb	01 59.4	+19 00	11.5	8.0x5.0	diffuse spiral
7	1907	AUR	OC	05 28.0	+35 19	8.2	7.0	30* mags 9...
8	1931	AUR	OC	05 31.4	+34 15	11.3	3x3	haze around 4*
9	1501	CAM	PN	04 07.0	+60 55	12	55.8"x48"	faint, dark center
10	2403	CAM	Sc	07 36.8	+65 37	9.5	17.8	visible in binocs
11	2655	CAM	S	08 55.6	+78 13	11.5	6.5x5.8	stellar nucleus
12	185	CAS	dE0	00 39.0	+48 20	9.7	12x10	distant companion to M31
13	281	CAS	OC	00 52.8	+56 37	7.4	4.0	responds to UHC filter
14	457	CAS	OC	01 19.1	+58 20	6.4	13.0	rich, 80*
15	663	CAS	OC	01 46.0	+61 15	7.1	16.0	NGC's 654 + 659 nearby
16	7789	CAS	OC	23 57.0	+56 44	6.7	16.0	very rich, many dim*
17	5128	CEN	SOp	13 25.5	-43 01	8.0	18x15	equatorial dust lane
18	5139	CEN	GC	13 26.8	-47 29	3.7	36	omega Centauri!
19	40	CEP	PN	00 13.0	+72 32	10.7	60"x40"	central* 11.6mag
20	6939	CEP	OC	20 31.4	+60 38	7.8	8.0	rich, 80*, near NGC 6946
21	6946	CEP	Sc	20 34.8	+60 09	10.5	14	diffuse, face-on
22	7129	CEP	RN	21 41.3	+66 06	11.5	7x7	faint reflection neby
23	246	CET	PN	00 47.1	-11 53	8.5	240"x210"	low surface brightness
24	936	CET	SBa	02 27.7	-01 09	11	5.6x4.5	near M77
25	2359	CMA	EN	07 17.8	-13 13	--	8.0	Duck, UHC filter helps
26	4274	COM	Sb	12 19.9	+29 37	11.1	7.3x2.7	many other NGC's near
27	4414	COM	SC	12 26.4	+31 14	10.9	4.8x3.2	stellar nucleus
28	4494	COM	E1	12 31.3	+25 47	10.7	4.5x4.3	small, compact
29	4559	COM	SC	12 35.9	+27 58	10.7	13.0x5.2	coarse structure
30	4565	COM	Sb	12 36.3	+26 00	10.3	15.5x1.9	superb edge-on, dust lane
31	4725	COM	Sb	12 50.4	+25 33	10.2	12.0x9.0	bright, large spiral
32	4361	CRV	PN	12 24.5	-18 48	10.3	80"	small, bright
33	4111	CVN	S0	12 07.1	+43 05	11.4	4.3x0.8	bright lens shape
34	4214	CVN	Ir	12 15.7	+36 20	10.3	11x9.0	large irregular
35	4244	CVN	S	12 17.5	+37 49	10.8	18.5x2.3	huge edge-on
36	4449	CVN	Ir	12 28.2	+44 06	10	6.0x4,5	bizarre rectangular shape
37	4490	CVN	Sc	12 30.6	+41 39	10.1	7.0x3.5	bright spiral
38	4631	CVN	Sc	12 42.1	+32 33	9.8	17.0x3.5	huge edge-on
39	4656	CVN	Sc	12 43.9	+32 11	10.6	22.0x3.0	companion is NGC 4657
40	5005	CVN	Sb	13 11.0	+37 03	10.6	6.3x3.0	near Alpha CVn
41	5033	CVN	Sb	13 13.5	+36 36	10.9	11.5x5.5	near NGC 5005
42	6819	CYG	OC	19 41.3	+40 11	7.3	5.0	rich, 150*
43	6826	CYG	PN	19 44.8	+50 31	8.8	27"x24"	Blinking PN, 10mag*
44	6960	CYG	EN	20 45.6	+30 43	--	70x6	Veil, west half
45	6992	CYG	EN	20 56.3	+31 42	--	60x8	Veil, east, use UHC
46	7000	CYG	EN	20 58.8	+44 20	--	120x100	North Am., low power
47	7027	CYG	PN	21 07.1	+42 14	9.6	18"x11"	proto-planetary, unique
48	5907	DRA	Sb	15 15.9	+56 19	11.4	12.8x1.8	fine edge-on, dust lane
49	6503	DRA	Sb	17 49.4	+70 09	11.5	8x2.6	bright, elongated
50	6543	DRA	PN	17 58.6	+66 38	8.3	22"x16"	11th mag central*
51	1232	ERI	Sc	03 09.7	-20 34	10.5	8x7	face-on spiral
52	1535	ERI	PN	04 14.2	-12 44	10.4	20"x17"	bright bluish disk
53	2158	GEM	OC	06 07.5	+24 06	8.6	5.0	near M35, compact
54	2392	GEM	PN	07 29.2	+20 55	8.6	47"x43"	Eskimo, use high power
55	6207	HER	Sc	16 43.1	+36 50	12.5	3.3x1.2	no definite nucleus
56	6210	HER	PN	16 44.5	+23 49	9.7	20"x13"	small, bluish
57	3242	HYA	PN	10 24.8	-18 38	8.6	40"x35"	Ghost of Jupiter
58	7209	LAC	OC	22 05.2	+46 30	6.7	25.0	50*
59	7243	LAC	OC	22 15.3	+49 53	6.4	21.0	40*
60	2903	LEO	Sb	09 32.2	+21 29	10	13.3x6.0	bright, elongated
61	3384	LEO	E7	10 48.3	+12 38	10	5.4x2.8	in field of M105
62	3521	LEO	Sc	11 05.8	-00 02	10.1	13.5x7.0	large, bright
63	3607	LEO	E1	11 16.9	+18 03	10.2	4.5x4.0	other galxy's nearby
64	3628	LEO	Sb	11 20.3	+13 36	11.5	15.5x4.3	edge-on, near M65 - M66
65	3344	LMI	Sc	10 43.5	+24 55	11.1	7.5x7.0	diffuse face-on
66	3432	LMI	Sc	10 52.5	+36 37	11.7	7.5x2.0	edge-on, faint streak
67	2683	LYN	Sb	08 52.7	+33 25	11	9.2x2.6	bright edge-on
68	2244	MON	OC	06 32.4	+04 52	4.8	24.0	Rosette, OC + neby
69	2261	MON	EN	06 39.2	+08 44	--	2x1	Hubble's Neb, comet like
70	6369	OPH	PN	17 29.3	-23 46	11	30"x29"	near NGC 6309
71	6572	OPH	PN	18 12.1	+06 51	9	15"x12"	small, bright
72	6633	OPH	OC	18 27.7	+06 34	4.6	27.0	large, sparse, bright
73	1788	ORI	EN	05 06.9	-03 20	--	8x5	comet shaped
74	1973	ORI	EN	05 35.1	-04 44	--	5x5	near M42
75	2024	ORI	EN	05 42.0	-01 50	--	30x30	put Zeta out of field
76	2022	ORI	PN	05 42.1	+09 05	12.8	28"x27"	small, annular
77	2194	ORI	OC	06 13.8	+12 48	8.5	10.0	rich with faint stars
78	7331	PEG	Sb	22 37.1	+34 25	10.4	11.4x4.0	elongated in PA 171 deg
79	869	PER	OC	02 19.0	+57 09	4.3	30.0	Double Cluster w/NGC 884
80	884	PER	OC	02 22.4	+57 07	4.4	30.0	350*, use low power
81	1023	PER	E7p	02 40.5	+39 03	11	9x4	lens shaped
82	1491	PER	EN	04 03.3	+51 18	--	3x3	small, fairly bright
83	2438	PUP	PN	07 41.8	-14 44	11	65"	on N edge of M46
84	2440	PUP	PN	07 41.9	-18 13	11.5	54"x20"	almost stellar
85	2539	PUP	OC	08 10.7	-12 50	6.5	22.0	rich, near M46 + M47
86	253	SCL	Scp	00 47.5	-25 18	7.1	25x7	large
87	6712	SCT	GC	18 53.1	-08 42	8.2	7.2	PN IC 1295 in field
88	3115	SEX	E6	10 05.2	-07 43	10.1	8.3x3.2	Spindle, lens-shaped
89	6445	SGR	PN	17 49.2	-20 01	13	35"x30"	annular, near M23
90	6520	SGR	OC	18 03.4	-27 54	7.6	6.0	60*, compact, near B86
91	6818	SGR	PN	19 44.0	-14 09	10	22"x15"	annular, near NGC 6822
92	2841	UMA	Sb	09 22.0	+50 59	10.5	7.4x3.5	bright edge-on
93	3079	UMA	Sb	10 02.0	+55 41	11.2	8.7x1.6	elongated in PA 165 deg
94	3077	UMA	E2p	10 03.3	+68 44	10.7	6.0x4.5	bright core
95	3184	UMA	Sc	10 18.3	+41 25	10.4	8.5x7.8	diffuse face-on
96	3675	UMA	Sb	11 26.1	+43 35	10.4	6.8x3.5	in field of 56 UMA
97	3877	UMA	Sc	11 46.1	+47 30	11.8	5.6x1.2	elongated in PA 35 deg
98	3941	UMA	E3	11 52.9	+36 59	11.3	3.6x2.5	small, bright
99	4026	UMA	E8	11 59.4	+50 58	11.5	4.5x1.1	lens-shaped
100	4088	UMA	Sb	12 05.6	+50 33	11.2	5.9x2.2	near NGC4085
101	4605	UMA	Scp	12 40.0	+61 37	10.8	7.0x2.5	bright edge-on
102	4216	VIR	Sb	12 15.9	+13 09	11.2	8.5x1.7	near NGCs 4206 + 4222
103	4388	VIR	SBc	12 25.8	+12 40	12.2	6.2x1.7	near M84 + M86
104	4438	VIR	Sap	12 27.8	+13 01	12	9.7x3.9	pair with NGC4435
105	4526	VIR	E7	12 34.1	+07 43	10.6	7.0x2.7	betwn 2* of 7th mag
106	4535	VIR	SBc	12 34.4	+08 13	11.1	7.8x7.0	near M49
107	4567	VIR	Sb	12 36.6	+11 16	12.5	3.0x2.5	Siamese Twins, galxy pair
108	4699	VIR	Sa	12 49.1	-08 40	10.5	3.5x2.7	small & bright
109	4762	VIR	SO	12 53.0	+11 14	11.1	9.0x2.0	flattest galaxy known
110	5746	VIR	Sb	14 45.0	+01 49	12.3	7.4x1.1	edge-on, near* 109 VIR
111	6940	VUL	OC	20 34.6	+28 18	6.3	31.0	rich, 60*