Dreyer's General Catalogues

Highlights

• ›NGC + IC — the backbone of deep-sky designations

Related catalogues & sources

• New General Catalogue (NGC)
• Index Catalogue (IC)
• William Herschel

Knowledge connections

• Associated withNew General Catalogue (NGC)
• Associated withIndex Catalogue (IC)
• Associated withWilliam Herschel

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• IAUInternational Astronomical Union

  Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.