NGC 31
DSS image of NGC 31
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 31, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 31
h 2311, GC 15, ESO 149-20, PGC 751

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  15
Size  0.587' x 0.352' @ 0°
Right Ascension  0h 10' 38.4"  (2000)
Declination  56° 59' 11" S
Constellation  Phoenix
Description  eeF, S, R, f of 2
Classification  Sc
Observing Notes

Harold Corwin

NGC 28 and NGC 31. Found by John Herschel during his stay at Cape Town in the mid-1830's, the identifications of these two galaxies are unequivocal. This has not prevented PGC from equivocating: it claims that the SGC identifications are wrong. Balderdash and bull feathers!

Unfortunately, ESO missed the galaxies (and NGC 37 as well), so that NGC 28 is not even in ESO. ESO 149-G020 is NGC 31, and ESO 149-G022 is NGC 37. All this is probably why the PGC folks were misled. The PGC error also crept over into RC3; the galaxy identified there as NGC 28 is actually NGC 31.
NGC Notes by Harold Corwin
Other Data Sources for NGC 31
Associated objects for NGC 31
Nearby objects for NGC 31
3 objects found within 120'
NGC 25 NGC 28 NGC 37
Credits...

Drawings, descriptions, and CCD photos are copyright Andrew Cooper unless otherwise noted, no usage without permission.

A complete list of credits and sources can be found on the about page

NGC 31