- Home
- By discoverer
- Lewis A. Swift
Credited to Lewis A. Swift
121 inventions and discoveries
| Invention or discovery | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| NGC 591 | October 10, 1866 | lenticular galaxy |
| Rosette Nebula | 1871 | H II region |
| NGC 1233 | December 10, 1871 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3522 | April 26, 1883 | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 3588-1 | May 8, 1883 | galaxy |
| NGC 3555 | August 24, 1883 | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 1213 | October 14, 1884 | low-surface-brightness galaxy |
| NGC 1212 | October 18, 1884 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 7459 | October 26, 1884 | interacting galaxies |
| NGC 1121 | November 9, 1884 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 975 | November 9, 1884 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 4155 | April 6, 1885 | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 3908 | April 10, 1885 | brightest cluster galaxy |
| NGC 2892 | May 11, 1885 | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 1077 | August 16, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1086 | August 20, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1224 | August 20, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 389 | September 6, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 2544 | September 7, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 2550 | September 7, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 804 | September 7, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 933 | September 11, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 746 | September 12, 1885 | low-surface-brightness galaxy |
| NGC 935 and IC 1801 | September 18, 1885 | interacting galaxy |
| NGC 801 | September 20, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1038 | October 17, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1137 | October 17, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 973 | October 30, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1047 | November 10, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1148 | November 10, 1885 | intermediate spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1152 | November 10, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1575 | November 10, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 351 | November 10, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 353 | November 10, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1730 | November 14, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 2246 | November 15, 1885 | nebula |
| NGC 2491 | November 15, 1885 | brightest cluster galaxy |
| NGC 562 | November 30, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 768 | December 2, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1103 | December 26, 1885 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1648 | December 29, 1885 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 4280 | 1886 | unknown astronomical object |
| NGC 2663 | February 8, 1886 | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 2881 | February 21, 1886 | emission-line galaxy |
| NGC 1469 | February 24, 1886 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1485 | February 24, 1886 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 2706 | February 27, 1886 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3038 | February 27, 1886 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3282 | March 5, 1886 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3487 | March 5, 1886 | radio galaxy |
| NGC 2616 | March 9, 1886 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 2978 | March 10, 1886 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3243 | April 2, 1886 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3011 | April 21, 1886 | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3253 | April 27, 1886 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3306 | April 27, 1886 | galaxy |
| NGC 3650 | May 5, 1886 | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3026 | May 22, 1886 | intermediate spiral galaxy |
| NGC 6050 | June 27, 1886 | galaxy |
| NGC 1289 | September 1886 | lenticular galaxy |