new general catalogue

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Definition of new general catalogue in English English dictionary

: A catalogue of deep sky objects compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer using observations mostly from William Herschel. It contains nearly 8,000 objects, known as the NGC objects. Objects in the catalogue are numbered, and the letters NGC are prepended to these numbers, as in NGC 224 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or NGC 6205 (the globular cluster in Hercules)

Hyphenation

new gen·er·al ca·ta·logue

Turkish pronunciation

nyu cenrıl kätılôg

Synonyms

dreyer catalogue

Pronunciation

/ˈnyo͞o ˈʤenrəl ˈkatəˌlôg/ /ˈnjuː ˈʤɛnrəl ˈkætəˌlɔːɡ/