Galaxies with Proper Names
List by James T. Himer and Barry F. Madore
from the RASC’s Observer’s Handbook, html’ed by
Galaxy Name Other Name RA (2000.0) Dec Remarks
Ambartsumian's Knot NGC 3561 11:11.2 +28:42 Andromeda Galaxy M31 00:42.7 +41:16 Local Group Andromeda I 00:45.7 +38:00 Local Group Andromeda II 01:16.3 +33:25 Local Group Andromeda III 00:35.3 +36:31 Local Group Andromeda IV 00:42.5 +40:34 Local Group (?) Antennae Galaxies NGC 4038/9 12:01.9 -18:52 Ring Tail Aquarius Dwarf DDO 210 20:46.9 -12:51 Local Group Arp's Galaxy 11:19.6 +51:30 Atom For Peace Galaxy NGC 7252 22:20.8 -24:41 Arp 226 Baade's Galaxies A & B MCG+07-02-018/19 00:49.9 +42:35 Barbon's Galaxy Markarian 328 23:37.7 +30:08 Zwicky 497.042 Barnard's Galaxy NGC 6822 19:44.9 -14:48 Bears Paw (Claw) NGC 2537 08:13.2 +46:00 Arp 6 BL Lacertae 22:02.7 +42:17 Black Eye Galaxy M64 12:56.7 +21:41 Bode's Galaxies M81/M82 09:55.7 +69:23 [often, M81 only] Burbidge Chain MCG-04-03-010..3 00:47.5 -20:26 BW Tauri UGC 3087 04:33.2 +05:21 Capricorn Dwarf MCG-04-51-013 21:46.5 -21:14 Palomar 12 Carafe Galaxy, Cannon's 04:28.0 -47:54 near NGC 1595/98 Carina Dwarf 06:41.6 -50:58 Local Group Cartwheel Galaxy MCG-06-02-022a 00:37.4 -33:44 Centaurus A NGC 5128 13:25.5 -43:01 Arp 153 Circinus Galaxy 14:13.2 -65:20 Coddington's Nebula IC 2574 10:28.4 +68:25 Copeland Septet NGC 3745+ 11:37.8 +21:59 +NGC 3746/48/50/51/53/54 Cygnus A MCG +07-41-003 19:59.4 +40:43 Draco Dwarf DDO 208 17:20.2 +57:55 UGC 10822; Local Group Exclamation Mark Galaxy 00:39.3 -43:06 The Eyes NGC 4435/8 12:27.7 +13:03 Virgo Cluster Fath 703 NGC 5892 15:13.7 -15:29 Fornax A NGC 1316 03:22.7 -37:12 Arp 154 Fornax Dwarf MCG-06-07-001 02:39.9 -34:32 Local Group Fourcade-Figuero MCG-07-28-004 13:34.8 -45:33 The Garland 10:04.2 +68:40 S of NGC 3077 Grus Quartet NGC 7552+ 23:17.8 -42:26 +NGC 7582/90/99 GR 8 (Gibson Reaves) DDO 155 12:58.7 +14:13 UGC 8091 Hardcastle's Galaxy MCG-05-31-039 13:13.0 -32:41 Helix Galaxy NGC 2685 08:55.6 +58:44 Hercules A MCG+01-43-006 16:51.2 +04:59 Hoag's Object 15:17.2 +21:35 Holmberg I DDO 63 09:40.5 +71:11 UGC 5139 Holmberg II DDO 50 08:19.3 +70:43 Arp 268, UGC 4305 Holmberg III UGC 4841 09:14.6 +74:14 Holmberg IV DDO 185 13:54.7 +53:54 UGC 8837 Holmberg V UGC 8658 13:40.6 +54:20 Holmberg VI NGC 1325a 03:24.9 -21:20 Holmberg VII DDO 137 12:34.7 +06:17 UGC 7739 Holmberg VIII DDO 166 13:13.3 +36:12 UGC 8303 Holmberg IX DDO 66 09:57.6 +69:03 UGC 5336 Horologium Dwarf 03:59.2 -21:20 also Schuster's Spiral Hydra A MCG-02-24-007 09:18.1 -12:06 Integral Sign Galaxy UGC 3697 07:11.4 +71:50 Keenan's System NGC 5216/6a/8 13:32.2 +62:43 Arp 104 Kowal's Object 19:29.9 -17:41 Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC 05:23.6 -69:45 "Nubecula Major"; Local Group Leo I DDO 74 10:08.5 +12:18 Regulus dwarf, UGC 5470, Harrington-Wilson #1; Local Group Leo II, Leo B DDO 93 11:13.4 +22:10 UGC 6253, Harrington-Wilson #2; Local Group Leo III, Leo A DDO 69 09:59.3 +30:45 UGC 5364; Local Group Lindsay-Shapley Ring 06:42.8 -74:15 Graham A Lost Galaxy NGC 4535 12:34.3 +08:11 Virgo Cluster McLeish's Object 20:09.7 -66:13 Maffei I UGCA 34 02:36.4 +59:39 Maffei II UGCA 39 02:42.0 +59:37 Malin 1 12:37.0 +14:20 behind Virgo Cluster Mayall's Object MCG+07-23-019 11:03.9 +40:50 Arp 148 Mice NGC 4676 12:46.1 +30:44 Miniature Spiral NGC 3928 11:51.8 +48:41 Minkowski's Object Arp 133 01:25.8 -01:21 NE of NGC 541 Pancake NGC 2685 08:55.6 +58:44 Arp 336 Papillon IC 708 11:33.9 +49:03 Pegasus Dwarf DDO 216 23:28.5 +14:44 UGC 12613 Perseus A NGC 1275/6 03:19.8 +41:31 Phoenix Dwarf Irregular G. 01:51.1 -44:26 Pinwheel Galaxy M33 01:33.9 +30:39 also Triangulum Galaxy; Local Group Pinwheel Galaxy M99 12:18.8 +14:25 Virgo Pinwheel; Virgo Cluster Pinwheel Galaxy M101 14:03.3 +54:22 (name most frequently used) Pisces Cloud NGC 379/80/82-5 01:07.5 +32:25 Arp 331 Pisces Dwarf LGS 3 00:03.8 +21:54 Polarissima Australis NGC 2573 01:42.0 -89:20 Polarissima Borealis NGC 3172 11:50.3 +89:07 Reinmuth 80 NGC 4517a 12:32.5 +00:23 UGC 7685 Reticulum Dwarf Sersic 040.03 04:36.2 -58:50 Sagittarius Dwarf 19:30.0 -17:41 [SagDIG] Sculptor Dwarf MCG-06-03-015 01:00.2 -33:42 Sculptor Dwarf Irregular 00:08.1 -34:34 Seashell Galaxy 13:47.4 -30:23 Companion to NGC 5291 Serpens Dwarf UGC 9792 15:16.1 -00:08 Palomar 5 Sextans A DDO 75 10:11.0 -04:41 UGCA 205; Local Group Sextans B DDO 70 10:00.0 +05:19 UGC 5373 Sextans C UGC 5439 10:05.6 +00:04 Seyfert's Sextet NGC 6027/27a-e 15:59.2 +20:46 Serpens Sextet Shapley-Ames 1 01:05.1 -06:13 Shapley-Ames 2 NGC 4507 12:35.1 -39:55 Shapley-Ames 3 MCG-02-33-015 12:49.4 -10:07 Shapley-Ames 4 UGC 8041 12:55.2 +00:07 Shapley-Ames 5 MCG-07-42-001 20:24.0 -44:00 Shapley-Ames 6 21:23.2 +45:46 Siamese Twins NGC 4567/8 12:36.5 +11:15 Virgo Cluster Silver Coin NGC 253 00:47.6 -25:18 Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC 00:52.7 -72:50 "Nubecula Minor"; Local Group Sombrero Galaxy M104 12:39.9 -11:37 Spider DDO 84 10:42.6 +34:27 UGC 5829 Spindle Galaxy NGC 3115 10:05.2 -07:42 Stephan's Quintet NGC 7317-20 22:36.0 +33:58 Arp 319 Sunflower Galaxy M63 13:15.8 +42:02 Triangulum Galaxy M33 01:33.9 +30:39 Local Group Ursa Minor Dwarf DDO 199 15:08.8 +67:12 UGC 9749; Local Group Virgo A M87 12:30.8 +12:23 Virgo Cluster Whirlpool Galaxy M51 13:29.9 +47:12 Wild's Triplett MCG-01-30-032..4 11:46.8 -03:49 Arp 248 Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte, WLM DDO 221 00:02.0 -15:28 Local Group Zwicky #2 DDO 105 11:58.4 +38:03 UGC 6955 Zwicky's Triplet UGC 10586 16:49.5 +45:30 Arp 103
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