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New General Catalogue

astronomical catalogue of deep sky objects
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New General Catalogue
Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

New General Catalogue is an astronomical catalogue[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of astronomical catalogue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: John Louis Emil Dreyer[3]
  • Item operated: William Herschel[4], John Frederick William Herschel[5], James Dunlop[6]
  • Genre: catalogue[7]
  • Commons category: NGC objects[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Publication date: 1888[10]
  • Official website: http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=VII%2F1B[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New General Catalogue[12]
  • Collection or exhibition size: 7840 astronomical object[13]
  • Title: New General Catalogue[14]
  • Main Wikidata property: P3208[15]
  • Short name: NGC[16], এনজিসি[17]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Astronomy[18]

Why It Matters

New General Catalogue has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

James Dunlop John Frederick William Herschel John Louis Emil Dreyer William Herschel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, being the Catalogue of the late Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., revised, corrected, and enlarged. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → astronomical catalogue
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Astronomy
    Collection or exhibition size → {'unit': 'Q6999', 'amount': '+7840'}
    Genre → catalog
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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