A number of galaxies are known by name; they are familiar but their positions are not necessarily easy to obtain. The table below contains the names, selected cross identifications and positions for a number of these galaxies.
| Name | RA(2000) | DEC(2000) |
|---|---|---|
| Ambartsumian's Knot = NGC 3561 | 11 11.2 | +28 42 |
| Andromeda galaxy = M31 = NGC 0224 | 00 42.7 | +41 16 |
| Andromeda I | 00 45.7 | +38 00 |
| Andromeda II | 01 16.3 | +33 25 |
| Andromeda III | 00 35.3 | +36 31 |
| Andromeda IV | 00 42.5 | +40 34 |
| Antennae Galaxies = NGC 4038/9 | 12 01.9 | -18 52 |
| Aquarius Dwarf = DDO 210 | 20 46.9 | -12 51 |
| Arp's Galaxy | 11 19.6 | +51 30 |
| Atoms-for-Peace = NGC 7252 = Arp 226 | 22 20.8 | -24 41 |
| Baade's Galaxies A and B | 00 49.9 | +42 35 |
| Barbon's Galaxy = Mrk 328 | 23 37.7 | +30 08 |
| Barnard's Galaxy = NGC 6822 | 19 44.9 | -14 48 |
| Bear's Paw = NGC 2537 | 08 13.2 | +46 00 |
| BL Lac | 22 02.7 | +42 17 |
| Black Eye Galaxy = M64 = NGC 4286 | 12 56.7 | + 21 41 |
| Bode's Galaxies = M81/82 = NGC 3031/34 | 09 55.7 | +69 23 |
| Burbidge Chain = MCG -04-03-010 to 013 | 00 47.5 | -20 25 |
| BW Tauri = UGC 03087 | 04 33.2 | +05 21 |
| Carafe galaxy | 04 28.0 | -47 54 |
| Carina dwarf | 06 41.6 | -50 58 |
| Cartwheel galaxy | 00 37.4 | -33 44 |
| Centaurus A = NGC 5128 = Arp 135 | 13 25.5 | -43 01 |
| Circinus galaxy | 14 13.2 | -65 20 |
| Coddington's Nebula = IC 2574 = DDO 081 | 10 28.4 | +68 25 |
| Copeland Septet = NGC3745/54 = Arp 320 | 11 37.8 | +21 59 |
| Cygnus A | 19 59.4 | +40 43 |
| Draco dwarf = DDO 208 | 17 20.2 | +57 55 |
| Fath 703 = NGC 5892 | 15 13.7 | -15 29 |
| Fornax A = NGC 1316 | 03 22.7 | -37 12 |
| Fornax dwarf | 02 39.9 | -34 32 |
| Fourcade-Figueroa object | 13 34.8 | -45 33 |
| The Garland | 10 04.2 | +68 40 |
| Grus Quartet = NGC 7552/82/90/99 | 23 17.8 | -42 26 |
| GR8 = DDO 155 | 12 58.7 | +14 13 |
| Hardcastle Nebula | 13 13.0 | -32 41 |
| Helix Galaxy | 08 55.6 | +58 44 |
| Hercules A | 16 51.2 | +04 59 |
| Holmberg I = DDO 063 | 09 40.5 | +71 11 |
| Holmberg II = DDO 050 = Arp 268 | 08 19.3 | +70 43 |
| Holmberg III | 09 14.6 | +74 14 |
| Holmberg IV = DDO 185 | 13 54.7 | +53 54 |
| Holmberg V | 13 40.6 | +54 20 |
| Holmberg VI = NGC 1325A | 03 24.9 | -21 20 |
| Holmberg VII = DDO 137 | 12 34.7 | +06 17 |
| Holmberg VIII = DDO 166 | 13 13.3 | +36 12 |
| Holmberg IX = DDO 066 | 09 57.6 | +69 03 |
| Horologium Dwarf = Schuster's Spiral | 03 59.2 | -45 52 |
| Hydra A | 09 18.1 | -12 06 |
| Integral Sign Galaxy | 07 11.4 | +71 50 |
| Keenan's System = NGC 5216/16a/18 = Arp 104 | 13 32.2 | +62 43 |
| Kowal's Object | 19 29.9 | -17 41 |
| Large Magellanic Cloud | 05 23.6 | -69 45 |
| Leo I = Harrington-Wilson No. 1 = Regulus Dwarf = DDO 074 | 10 08.5 | +12 18 |
| Leo II = Harrington-Wilson No.2 = Leo B = DDO 093 | 11 13.4 | +22 10 |
| Leo A = Leo III = DDO 069 | 09 59.3 | +30 45 |
| Lindsay-Shapley Ring | 06 42.8 | -74 15 |
| McLeish's Object | 20 09.7 | -66 13 |
| Maffei I = UGCA 034 | 02 36.3 | +59 39 |
| Maffei II = UGCA 039 | 02 42.0 | +59 37 |
| Malin 1 | 12 37.0 | +14 20 |
| Mayall's Object = Arp 148 | 11 03.9 | +40 50 |
| Mice = NGC 4676 = Arp 242 | 12 46.1 | +30 44 |
| Minkowski's Object = Arp 133 | 01 25.8 | -01 21 |
| Pegasus Dwarf = DDO 216 | 23 28.5 | +14 44 |
| Perseus A = NGC 1275 | 03 19.8 | +41 31 |
| Phoenix Dwarf Irregular | 01 51.1 | -44 26 |
| Pisces Cloud = NGC 0379/80/82-85 | 01 07.5 | +32 25 |
| Pisces Dwarf = LGS 3 | 00 03.8 | +21 54 |
| Reinmuth 80 = NGC 4517A | 12 32.5 | +00 23 |
| Reticulum Dwarf | 04 36.2 | -58 50 |
| Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular (SagDIG) | 19 30.0 | -17 41 |
| Sculptor Dwarf | 01 00.2 | -33 42 |
| Sculptor Dwarf Irregular | 00 08.1 | -34 34 |
| Seashell galaxy | 13 44.5 | -30 10 |
| Serpens Dwarf | 15 16.1 | -00 08 |
| Sextans A = DDO 075 | 10 11.0 | -04 41 |
| Sextans B = DDO 070 | 10.00.0 | +05 19 |
| Sextans C | 10 05.6 | +00 04 |
| Seyfert's Sextet = NGC 6027/6027A-E | 15 59.2 | +20 46 |
| Shapley-Ames 1 | 01 05.1 | -06 13 |
| Shapley-Ames 2 = NGC 4507 | 12 35.1 | -39 55 |
| Shapley-Ames 3 | 12 49.4 | -10 07 |
| Shapley-Ames 4 | 12 55.2 | +00 07 |
| Shapley-Ames 5 = IC 4946 | 20 24.0 | -44 00 |
| Shapley-Ames 6 | 21 23.2 | -45 46 |
| Small Magellanic Cloud | 00 52.7 | -72 50 |
| Sombrero Galaxy = M 104 = NGC 4594 | 12 39.9 | -11 37 |
| Spindle Galaxy = NGC 3115 | 10 05.2 | -07 42 |
| Stephan's Quintet = NGC 7317-20 = Arp 319 | 22 36.0 | +33 58 |
| Superantennae | 19 31.4 | -72 39 |
| Triangulum galaxy = M33 = NGC 0598 | 01 33.9 | +30 39 |
| Ursa Minor dwarf = DDO 199 | 15 08.8 | +67 12 |
| Virgo A = M87 = NGC 4486 = Arp 152 | 12 30.8 | +12 23 |
| Whirlpool galaxy = M51 = NGC 5194 | 13 29.9 | +47 12 |
| Wild's Triplet = Arp 248 | 11 46.8 | -03 49 |
| Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte object = DDO 221 | 00 02.0 | -15 28 |
| Zwicky No.2 = DDO 105 | 11 58.4 | +38 03 |
| Zwicky's Triplet = Arp 103 | 16 49.5 | +45 30 |
For cross references, see General Catalogs of Non-Stellar Objects; furthermore:
Arp = Arp, Atlas of peculiar galaxies [1]
DDO = David Dunlap Observatory, van den Bergh [269]
VV = Atlas and Catalogue of interacting galaxies, Vorontsov-Velyaminov [48]