A number of galaxies are known by name; they are familiar but their
positions are not necessarily easy to obtain. The table
below contains the names, selected cross identifications and positions
for a number of these galaxies.
Some of The Named Galaxies
Name RA(2000) DEC(2000) Ambartsumian's Knot = NGC 3561 11 11.2 +28
42 Andromeda galaxy = M31 = NGC 0224 00
42.7 +41 16 Andromeda I 00 45.7 +38
00 Andromeda II 01 16.3 +33 25 Andromeda III 00 35.3 +36 31 Andromeda IV 00 42.5 +40 34 Antennae Galaxies = NGC 4038/9 12 01.9 -18
52 Aquarius Dwarf = DDO 210 20 46.9 -12
51 Arp's Galaxy 11 19.6 +51 30 Atoms-for-Peace = NGC 7252 = Arp 226 22
20.8 -24 41 Baade's Galaxies A and B 00 49.9 +42 35 Barbon's Galaxy = Mrk 328 23 37.7 +30 08 Barnard's Galaxy = NGC 6822 19 44.9 -14 48 Bear's Paw = NGC 2537 08 13.2 +46 00 BL Lac 22 02.7 +42 17 Black Eye Galaxy = M64 = NGC 4286 12 56.7 + 21
41 Bode's Galaxies = M81/82 = NGC 3031/34 09 55.7 +69 23 Burbidge Chain = MCG -04-03-010 to 013 00
47.5 -20 25 BW Tauri = UGC 03087 04 33.2 +05 21 Carafe galaxy 04 28.0 -47 54 Carina dwarf 06 41.6 -50 58 Cartwheel galaxy 00 37.4 -33 44 Centaurus A = NGC 5128 = Arp 135 13 25.5 -43
01 Circinus galaxy 14 13.2 -65 20 Coddington's Nebula = IC 2574 = DDO 081 10
28.4 +68 25 Copeland Septet = NGC3745/54 = Arp 320 11
37.8 +21 59 Cygnus A 19 59.4 +40 43 Draco dwarf = DDO 208 17 20.2 +57
55 Fath 703 = NGC 5892 15 13.7 -15 29 Fornax A = NGC 1316 03 22.7 -37 12 Fornax dwarf 02 39.9 -34 32 Fourcade-Figueroa object 13 34.8 -45 33 The Garland 10 04.2 +68 40 Grus Quartet = NGC 7552/82/90/99 23 17.8 -42
26 GR8 = DDO 155 12 58.7 +14 13 Hardcastle Nebula 13 13.0 -32 41 Helix Galaxy 08 55.6 +58 44 Hercules A 16 51.2 +04 59 Holmberg I = DDO 063 09 40.5 +71 11 Holmberg II = DDO 050 = Arp 268 08 19.3 +70 43 Holmberg III 09 14.6 +74 14 Holmberg IV = DDO 185 13 54.7 +53
54 Holmberg V 13 40.6 +54 20 Holmberg VI = NGC 1325A 03 24.9 -21 20 Holmberg VII = DDO 137 12 34.7 +06 17 Holmberg VIII = DDO 166 13 13.3 +36
12 Holmberg IX = DDO 066 09 57.6 +69 03 Horologium Dwarf = Schuster's Spiral 03 59.2 -45
52 Hydra A 09 18.1 -12 06 Integral Sign Galaxy 07 11.4 +71
50 Keenan's System = NGC 5216/16a/18 = Arp 104 13
32.2 +62 43 Kowal's Object 19 29.9 -17 41 Large Magellanic Cloud 05 23.6 -69 45 Leo I = Harrington-Wilson No. 1
= Regulus Dwarf =
DDO 07410 08.5 +12 18 Leo II = Harrington-Wilson No.2
= Leo B = DDO
09311 13.4 +22
10 Leo A = Leo III = DDO 069 09 59.3 +30 45 Lindsay-Shapley Ring 06 42.8 -74
15 McLeish's Object 20 09.7 -66 13 Maffei I = UGCA 034 02 36.3 +59 39 Maffei II = UGCA 039 02 42.0 +59 37 Malin 1 12 37.0 +14 20 Mayall's Object = Arp 148 11 03.9 +40 50 Mice = NGC 4676 = Arp 242 12 46.1 +30 44 Minkowski's Object = Arp 133 01 25.8 -01 21 Pegasus Dwarf = DDO 216 23 28.5 +14 44 Perseus A = NGC 1275 03 19.8 +41 31 Phoenix Dwarf Irregular 01 51.1 -44 26 Pisces Cloud = NGC 0379/80/82-85 01 07.5 +32
25 Pisces Dwarf = LGS 3 00 03.8 +21 54 Reinmuth 80 = NGC 4517A 12 32.5 +00 23 Reticulum Dwarf 04 36.2 -58 50 Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular (SagDIG) 19
30.0 -17 41 Sculptor Dwarf 01 00.2 -33 42 Sculptor Dwarf Irregular 00 08.1 -34
34 Seashell galaxy 13 44.5 -30 10 Serpens Dwarf 15 16.1 -00 08 Sextans A = DDO 075 10 11.0 -04 41 Sextans B = DDO 070 10.00.0 +05 19 Sextans C 10 05.6 +00 04 Seyfert's Sextet = NGC 6027/6027A-E 15 59.2 +20
46 Shapley-Ames 1 01 05.1 -06 13 Shapley-Ames 2 = NGC 4507 12 35.1 -39 55 Shapley-Ames 3 12 49.4 -10 07 Shapley-Ames 4 12 55.2 +00 07 Shapley-Ames 5 = IC 4946 20 24.0 -44 00 Shapley-Ames 6 21 23.2 -45 46 Small Magellanic Cloud 00 52.7 -72 50 Sombrero Galaxy = M 104 = NGC 4594 12
39.9 -11
37 Spindle Galaxy = NGC 3115 10 05.2 -07 42 Stephan's Quintet = NGC 7317-20 = Arp 319 22
36.0 +33 58 Superantennae 19 31.4 -72 39 Triangulum galaxy = M33 = NGC 0598 01 33.9 +30
39 Ursa Minor dwarf = DDO 199 15 08.8 +67 12 Virgo A = M87 = NGC 4486 = Arp 152 12 30.8 +12
23 Whirlpool galaxy = M51 = NGC 5194 13 29.9 +47
12 Wild's Triplet = Arp 248 11 46.8 -03 49 Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte object = DDO 221 00
02.0 -15 28 Zwicky No.2 = DDO 105 11 58.4 +38 03 Zwicky's Triplet = Arp 103 16 49.5 +45
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