Common Names for NGC and IC Objects

47 Tucanae                   NGC 104
Gamma Cassiopeiae Nebula     IC 59, 63
Gamma Cygni Nebula           IC 1318
Eta Carinae Nebula           NGC 3372
Kappa Crucis Cluster         NGC 4755          also Jewel Box
Lambda Centauri Nebula       IC 2944/48
Rho Ophiuchi Nebula          IC 4604
Chi Persei                   NGC 884           Double Cluster with NGC 869 (h Persei)
Omega Centauri               NGC 5139
h Persei                     NGC 869           Double Cluster with NGC 884 (Chi Persei)
Andromeda Galaxy             M31
Antennae                     NGC 4038-9
Barnard's Galaxy             NGC 6822
Baxendall's Nebula           NGC 7088          Baxendall's unphotographable Nebula
Bear Paw Galaxy              NGC 2537
Beehive Cluster              M44               also Praesepe
Black Eye Galaxy             M64
Blinking Planetary           NGC 6826
Blue Planetary               NGC 3918
Blue Snowball                NGC 7662
Bode's Nebulae               M81/82
Box                          NGC 4169/73-5
Box Nebula                   NGC 6309
Bubble Nebula                NGC 7635
Bug Nebula                   NGC 6302
Butterfly Cluster            M6
Butterfly Nebula             M76               also Little Dumbbell
Butterfly Nebula             IC 2220
California Nebula            NGC 1499
Christmas Tree Cluster       NGC 2264
Cirrus Nebula                NGC 6992
Cocoon Nebula                IC 5146
Cone Nebula                  NGC 2264
Copeland's Septet            NGc 3745-6/8/50-1/3-4
Crab Nebula                  M1
Crescent Nebula              NGC 6888
Double Cluster               NGC 869/84        h+Chi Persei
Dumbbell Nebula              M27
Eagle Nebula                 IC 4703 (at M16)  also Star Queen Nebula
Eagle Nebula                 IC 2199
Eight-burst Planetary        NGC 3132
Eskimo Nebula                NGC 2392
The Eyes                     NGC 4435/8
Filamentary Nebula           NGC 6960          part of Veil N.
Flaming Star Nebula          IC 405
Ghost of Jupiter             NGC 3242
Helix Galaxy                 NGC 2685
Helix Nebula                 NGC 7293
Hercules Cluster             M13
Hind's Variable Nebula       NGC 1555
Horsehead Nebula             Barnard 33        in front of IC 434
Hourglass Nebula             in M8
Hubble's Variable Nebula     NGC 2261
Jewel Box                    NGC 4755
Lace-work Nebula             NGC 6960          = Filamentary N.
Lagoon Nebula                M8
Little Dumbbell Nebula       M27
Little Gem                   NGC 6445
Maia Nebula                  NGC 1432
Merope Nebula                NGC 1435
The Mice                     NGC 4676
Network Nebula               NGC 6992/5
North America Nebula         NGC 7000
Omega Nebula                 M17
Orion Nebula                 M42
Owl Nebula                   M97
Papillon                     IC 708
Pelican Nebula               IC 5067/70
Pinwheel Galaxy (Nebula)     M33               also Triangulum Galaxy
Pinwheel Galaxy (Nebula)     M99               Virgo Pinwheel
Pinwheel Galaxy (Nebula)     M101
Polarissima Australis        NGC 2573
Polarissima Borealis         NGC 3172
Praesepe                     M44
Ring Nebula                  M57
Rosette Nebula               NGC 2237-9/46
Saturn Nebula                NGC 7009
Sculptor Galaxy              NGC 253
Siamese Twins                NGC 4567-8
Sombrero Galaxy              M104
Southern Pleiades            IC 2602           Theta Carinae
Spindle Galaxy               NGC 3115
Spindle Galaxy               M102 (NGC 5866)
Star Queen Nebula            IC 4703 (at M16)  also Eagle Nebula
Stephan's Quintet            NGC 7317-20
Struve's Lost Nebula         NGC 1554
Sunflower Galaxy             M63
Tarantula Nebula             NGC 2070
Toby Jug Nebula              IC 2220
Triangulum Galaxy            M33
Trifid Nebula                M20
Veil Nebula                  NGC 6960,92,95    Cyg SNR, Cirrus N
Whirlpool Galaxy             M51
Wild Duck Cluster            M11
Witch Head Nebula            NGC 2118
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