NGC object designation (New General Catalogue)
ID ngc_number
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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Designation of a galaxy, star cluster or nebula in the New General Catalogue of 1888, the letters NGC and a number from 1 to 7840. Some entries have a letter after the number, as in NGC 1427A.
- Categories
- Scientific
- Countries
- Global (not tied to a country)
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^NGC ?\d{1,4}[A-Z]?$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| NGC 224 | Andromeda Galaxy |
| NGC 598 | Triangulum Galaxy |
| NGC 1427A | Entry with a letter |
| IC 342 invalid | Object of the Index Catalogue |
Translations
| Language | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Обозначение объекта по Новому общему каталогу (NGC) |
Sources
Use this record
- Page URL:
https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ngc_number - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/any/science/ngc_number.yamlon GitHub