Complete NGC catalogue

[Ciswelker]

Good afternoon,
Is there a complete NGC catalogue available via Skyhound ? If there is one, where and how can i download it ?
Wouldn't it be usefull to have complete NGC-catalogue, so that you can see in 1 catalogue wich Ngc you already have observed.

thank you
Cis

[theskyhound]

Please consider carefully:

1. SkyTools uses separate databases for each type of object, e.g. open clusters, or planetary nebulae, and these database pull all of the relevant information from multiple sources into each record. If an object has an NGC number, it is stored with the object.

2. This means that the complete NGC catalog is already in SkyTools, in the sense that all of the objects should be there

3. There is no "complete ngc catalog" because that catalog is rife with errors, which include things like mis-identifications, multiple entries for the same object, ans mistakes, such as transcription errors. Even the people who made the effort to track each object down by its paper trail back to the original observations don't agree on every object. SkyTools uses the best data that I have available, but it also can have mistakes, and it has its own bias interms of which version of the catalog is included.

4. To make a list of NGC objects, you can use the Database Power Search, but I don't recommend making an Observing List with so many objects in it, as it will bog down during computations.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.

[PMSchu]

Hi Greg,

FYI your posts seem to be getting duplicated (double posted) on the forum recently.

Phil S.

[theskyhound]

Thanks Phil. I noticed some weirdness when I did some editing. Maybe I should have left well enough alone and not updated.

[doessordid]

Good afternoon,
Is there a complete NGC catalogue available via Skyhound ? If there is one, where and how can i download it ?
Wouldn't it be usefull to have complete NGC-catalogue, so that you can see in 1 catalogue wich Ngc you already have observed.

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thank you
Cis

SkyTools includes the complete New General Catalogue (NGC) within its internal databases. However, there isn't a standalone downloadable file labeled as the "NGC catalog" because SkyTools organizes objects by type—such as galaxies, open clusters, and planetary nebulae—and integrates NGC numbers within these categories.

[obrazell]

You could create a list containing the whole of the NGC however it would be rather pointless and very difficult and slow to use.

[WayneBaker]

Good afternoon,
Is there a complete NGC catalogue available via Skyhound ? If there is one, where and how can i download google baseball?
Wouldn't it be usefull to have complete NGC-catalogue, so that you can see in 1 catalogue wich Ngc you already have observed.
thank you
Cis

SkyTools includes the complete New General Catalogue (NGC) within its internal databases. However, there isn't a standalone downloadable file labeled as the "NGC catalog" because SkyTools organizes objects by type—such as galaxies, open clusters, and planetary nebulae—and integrates NGC numbers within these categories.

I'm curious if it would be helpful to have a standalone list of all NGC objects for quick reference, since SkyTools organizes objects by type rather than providing a separate NGC catalog file. Do you think that having such a list would be useful, or do you find the current organization by categories sufficient? Sometimes, I wish I could quickly look up NGC numbers without browsing through different object types.

[theskyhound]

Hello,

You can create a full NGC list via the Database Search. Just append objects from different types to the same list. Better yet, since lists are supposed to be objects you intend to observe, create a custom list of objects that are well observed in your telescope from your location. Or break them up by constellation, etc.

But you don't need a list to look up objects, and a list would not work well for that anyhow. Just use the designation search. All you have to do is enter the number, e.g. "2367". There is no need to browse multiple catalogs.