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Index Catalogue (IC)

In 1895 and 1908, John Louis Emil Dreyer published a supplement to his NGC Catalogue that he called the Index Catalogue (redundantly referred to as the IC Catalogue). This covered objects discovered from 1888 to 1907, mostly with photography. It added 5,386 objects to the NGC list.


As with the NGC Catalogue, the IC Catalogue contains a great deal of overlap with other catalogues. Again, I've limited the gallery below only to those IC objects that are typically know by their IC designations.

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Gallery

Auriga Mosaic
IC 405 - Flaming Star
The Nebulas of Auriga Mosaic
Horsehead & Flame
IC 434 - Horsehead
There's Gotta be a Pony in there Somewhere! - B33, IC 434, and NGC 2024
Cepheus Narrowband Mosaic
IC 1396 - Elephant Trunk
Cepheus Narrowband Mosaic (feat. Elephant Trunk, Flying Bat, and Squid)
Serpens Mosaic
IC 4703 - Eagle
Serpens Mosaic (feat. M16 & M17)
Auriga Mosaic
IC 410 - Tadpoles
The Nebulas of Auriga Mosaic
Horsehead Nebula
IC 434 - Horsehead
A Horse is a Horse, of Course, of Course – B33 & IC 434: the Horsehead Nebula
IC 2118 - Witch Head Nebula
IC 2118
IC 2118 - Witch Head Nebula & Rigel Mosaic
Auriga Mosaic
IC 417 - Spider
The Nebulas of Auriga Mosaic
Horsehead & Flame
IC 435
There's Gotta be a Pony in there Somewhere! - B33, IC 434, and NGC 2024
vdB 91 & 93 with IC 2177
IC 2177 - Seagull Head
Bird Brain - vdB 91 & 93 with IC 2177

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