| NGC 837 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 858 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | emission-line galaxy |
| NGC 874 | 1886 | Frank Muller | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 878 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 879 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 892 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 905 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 929 | 1886 | Frank Muller | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 944 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 950 | 1886 | Ormond Stone | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 960 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 965 | 1886 | Ormond Stone | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 966 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 985 | 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | astronomical radio source |
| NGC 814 | January 6, 1886 | Ormond Stone | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 921 | January 6, 1886 | Ormond Stone | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 2890 | January 11, 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3464 | January 14, 1886 | Ormond Stone | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3150 | February 1886 | Guillaume Bigourdan | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3151 | February 1886 | Guillaume Bigourdan | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3159 | February 1886 | France | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 3161 | February 1886 | Guillaume Bigourdan | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 2663 | February 8, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 2881 | February 21, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | emission-line galaxy |
| NGC 1469 | February 24, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1485 | February 24, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3296 | February 26, 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 3297 | February 26, 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 2706 | February 27, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3038 | February 27, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 2282 | March 3, 1886 | Edward Emerson Barnard | reflection nebula |
| NGC 3282 | March 5, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3487 | March 5, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | radio galaxy |
| NGC 2616 | March 9, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 2978 | March 10, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3071 | March 10, 1886 | Johann Palisa | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3116 | March 10, 1886 | Johann Palisa | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 2926 | March 27, 1886 | Johann Palisa | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3243 | April 2, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3011 | April 21, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 3253 | April 27, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3306 | April 27, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | galaxy |
| NGC 3650 | May 5, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 2947 | May 6, 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | intermediate spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3058 | May 6, 1886 | Francis Preserved Leavenworth | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 3026 | May 22, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | intermediate spiral galaxy |
| NGC 6050 | June 27, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | galaxy |
| NGC 1289 | September 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 716 | September 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 817 | September 2, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 992 | September 6, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1465 | September 25, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 677 | September 25, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | elliptical galaxy |
| NGC 1013 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1017 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1065 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1069 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | intermediate spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1081 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | spiral galaxy |
| NGC 1082-1 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | lenticular galaxy |
| NGC 1089 | September 29, 1886 | Lewis A. Swift | elliptical galaxy |