Re: Atlas fu, was MSA fu

From: Mark Wagner ^lt;mark.wagner_at_No-Spam>
Date: Fri Oct 21 2005 - 08:13:43 PDT

At 10/20/2005, you wrote:

>NGC numbers go up as you move east.

And I thought NGC numbers increased to the west, like R.A. does!

I just tested this using TheSky and found that while NGC 150 is to the west
of NGC 1, NGC 404 is to the east of it. Anyone know of a good reference on
the history of the numbering convention used on the NGC?

Mark
Received on Fri Oct 21 08:16:08 2005


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