{"id":76,"date":"2021-04-13T07:48:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T07:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:42:27","slug":"ngc-new-general-catalog-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/ngc-new-general-catalog-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Visually Observing the Entire NGC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MY SKETCHES OF ALL OBJECTS<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The NGC is the New General Catalog of deep sky astronomical objects (outside of our solar system). It was compiled by J.L.E. Dryer and published in 1888.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Visually observing all 7000+ NGC objects is considered a “lifelong project” so I began in earnest in 2020 to complete it. I had already logged 3,782 targets <\/strong>during previous nights.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Seeing them is the fun part! I estimate 10-12 years to complete the project<\/strong>. Progress as of date listed:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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“NON-EXISTENT OR DUPLICATES” BASIS IS SAGUARO LIST, WITH OTHER OBJECTS DETERMINED TO BE NEJS (NON EXISTENT OR JUST STARS) BASED ON NOTES IN THEIR NGC LIST. THESE WERE ALSO NOT OBSERVED.<\/strong> IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT, STATUS DETERMINED BY OBSERVATION.<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
I used the NGC objects listed in the Saguaro Astronomy Club Database<\/a> with duplicates, stars and unidentified objects deleted<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
NGC Checklist Date Reference<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

VISUAL OBSERVATION SKETCHES FOR EACH NGC OBJECT<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Selected sketches below in date groups. Final sketches will be uploaded upon program completion.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>30-MAY-2020-TO-16-JUN<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>16-JUN-2020-TO-14-OCT-2020<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>17-OCT-2020-TO-9-APR-2021-1<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>9-APR-2021-TO-14-JUL<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>6-JUL-2021-TO-6-OCT-W-OVERLAP<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>6-OCT-2021-TO-8-OCT<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>1-NOV-2021-TO-1-JUN-2022<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>2-JUN-2022-TO-24-OCT-2022<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>27Oct2022p1<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>27Oct2022p2_to_24Apr2023<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>NGC_2023-06-15TO8-20<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>NGCEXTRA_2023-08-20<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>2023-10-Sep-to-20-Oct<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>2023-21-Oct-to-6-Nov<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>2023-7-Nov-to-12-Dec<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>Pull-5-19-06-to-7-23-06<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/object>Pull-3-24-06-to-5-19-06<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES OF NGC OBJECTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Project to image all items not previously sketched by me was completed in 2017. Scope of work was to provide “survey quality” pics for identification of field stars, etc. to aid and verify my remaining visual observations. These are in no way good images, but they are useful to me, and, perhaps, others.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

All imaging by remote telescopes<\/strong>. “Retakes” of poor original images made occasionally.<\/strong> Also, select items that had been sketched before have been added, if an image was taken subsequently. Additional images by range of NGC catalog numbers may be available by request.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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NGC 1-100<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 101-1000<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 1001-2000<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2001-2100<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2101-2200<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2201-2300<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2301-2400<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2401-2500<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2501-2600<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2601-2700<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2701-2800<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2801-2900<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
NGC 2901-3000<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MY SKETCHES OF ALL OBJECTS The NGC is the New General Catalog of deep sky astronomical objects (outside of our solar system). It was compiled by J.L.E. Dryer and published in 1888. Visually observing all 7000+ NGC objects is considered a “lifelong project” so I began in earnest in 2020 to complete it. I had… Continue reading Visually Observing the Entire NGC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":97,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4322,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/4322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}