Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects
(Last update: 19-Apr-2024)

Result of query: info cati NG$

Details on Acronym:   NG
  
NG (New Galaxy)
Write:<<NG NNN>>
N: 137
Object:G in ClG  (SIMBAD class: GtowardsCl = Galaxy towards a Cluster of Galaxies)
Stat:is completely incorporated in Simbad
in source:NAME Fornax Cluster
Ref:=1987AJ.....94.1116C
byCALDWELL N.
 Astron. J., 94, 1116-1125 (1987)
  Dwarf elliptical galaxies in the Fornax cluster. I. A catalog and luminosity function.
oTable 1: <NG NNN> (Nos 1-137)
Originof the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s)