Some more Very Important online catalogs of galaxies
The homepage of the
NED extragalactic database is:
http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/
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The
SIMBAD database of galaxies is here:
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/
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A critically important source of information for the nearby galaxies (those within 11 Megaparsecs) is the
Updated Nearby Galaxy Catalog:
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Brows...eargalcat.html
and also
http://www.sao.ru/lv/lvgdb/pview.php
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A quick reference for reliable NGC/IC object data is
The NGC/IC Project:
http://www.ngcicproject.org/
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A comprehensive Online Catalog of the distances of various galaxies is
The Extragalactic Distance Database:
http://edd.ifa.hawaii.edu/dfirst.php
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A very comprehensive source of
high quality images for hundreds of the brightest galaxies (and together with much important data) is the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey:
http://cgs.obs.carnegiescience.edu/CGS/Home.html
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The other Absolutely Essential online collection of images of the members of the bright galaxy population is the Online version of the de Vaucouleurs Atlas of Galaxies:
http://bama.ua.edu/~rbuta/devatlas/imagedatabase.html
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There are also gigantic numbers of specialized catalogs and atlases of galaxies......so if you need to know about them, just ask madbadgalaxyman!
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