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 [globular cluster] 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 [LMG globular cluster] 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 [globular cluster] 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 Palomar 3 [globular cluster] 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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