Source Word
New General Catalogue
Proper noun
(astronomy)
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).
Japanese Meaning
（天文学）1880年代にJ. L. E. Dreyerが主にウィリアム・ハーシェルの観測に基づいて編纂した深宇宙天体のカタログ。約8,000の天体が収録され、各天体は番号で識別され、番号の前に『NGC』が付加される（例：NGC 224はアンドロメダ銀河、NGC 6205はヘラクレスの球状星団）。
Sense（1）
(astronomy)
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).
