Discovery of the Local Group Galaxies

Galaxy		Discovery	Discoverer; independent discoveries or remarks

WLM             1909            Max Wolf; Galaxy: 1926 Lundmark, Melotte
IC 10		1889            Swift VII (Astr Nachr 2859); Galaxy: 1935 Mayall, LG cand: 1936 Hubble; LG: 1962 Roberts, 1965 de Vaucouleurs, Ables
Cet Dw          1999 Jun  4     Whiting, Hau, Irwin
NGC 147         1829 Sep  8     J Herschel: h 29, GC 72; LG: Baade 1944
And III         1970            van den Bergh
NGC 185         1787 Nov 30     W Herschel: H II.707; h 35, GC 90; LG: Baade 1944
M110            1773 Aug 10     Messier; 1783 Aug 27 Caroline Herschel
And VIII        2003 Aug        Morrison, Harding, Hurley-Keller, Jacoby
M 32            1749 Oct 29     Le Gentil
M 31             905 AD	        Al-Sufi; 1612 S. Marius
And I           1970            van den Bergh
SMC (NGC 292)   pre-hist        Southern Hemisphere; 1519 Magellan
And IX          2004            Zucker et.al.
Scl Dw          1937            Shapley
LGS 3           1978            Kowal, Lo, Sargent (Hale); conf. 1979 Thuan, Martin
IC 1613         1906            Max Wolf; LG: 1928 Baade
And X           2005            Zucker et.al.
And V           1998            Armandroff, Davies, Jacoby (NOA0)
And II          1970            van den Bergh
M 33           <1654            Hodierna; 1764 Sep 2 Messier
Phe Dw          1976            Schuster, West; Galaxy: 1977 Canterna, Flower
For Dw          1938            Shapley
UGCA 92         1974            Nilson
LMC             pre-hist        Southern Hemisphere; 1519 Magellan
Car Dw          1977            Cannon, Hawarden, Tritton (UKS)
CMa Dw          2003 Nov        Martin, Ibata, Bellazzini, Irwin, Lewis, Dehnen
Leo A (III)     1942            Zwicky; LG cand: 1959? van den Bergh
Sex B           19..            
NGC 3109        1835 Mar 24     John Herschel (h 3221)
Ant Dw          1985            Feitzinger, Galinski; LG: 1997 May Whiting, Irwin, Hau
Leo I           1950            Harrington, Wilson (Wilson)
Sex A           1942            Zwicky
Sex Dw          1990 Mar        M.J. Irwin
Leo II          1950            Harrington, Wilson (Harrington)
GR 8            1956            Gibson-Reeves (Lick)
UMi Dw          1954            Wilson
Dra Dw          1954            Wilson
Milky Way       pre-hist        1923 Hubble: a galaxy
SagDEG          1994 Jul        Ibata, Gilmore, Irwin
Sgr Dw, SagDIG  1977            Cesarsky, Lequeux, Laustsen, Schuster, West
NGC 6822        1884            Barnard; LG: 192. Hubble
Aqr Dw          1966            van den Bergh
Tuc Dw          1990 Nov        R.J. Lavery
And VII         1998            Karachentsev, Karachentseva
UKS2323-326     1978            Longmore et.al. (UKS)
Peg Dw          1950s           Wilson
And VI          1998            Armandroff, Davies, Jacoby (NOAO)

UGCA 86         1974            Nilson
IC 5152         1908            Delisle Stewart (D.S. 732)

Willman 1       2004
UMa I           2005
UMa II          2006
Vir Stream      
CVn I           2006
Boo dw          2006
Leo T           2006
Com dw          2006
CVn II          2006
Her dw          2006
Leo IV          2006

And XI          2006 
And XII         2006
And XIII        2006 
And XIV         2007

Segue 2         2007
Boo II          2007
Leo V           2007
Boo III         2009
Pis II          2010

And XV          2007
And XVI         2007
And XVII        2008
And XVIII       2008
And XIX         2008 
And XX          2008
And XXI         2009
And XXII        2009
And XXIII       2011
And XXIV        2011
And XXV         2011
And XXVI        2011
And XXVII       2011
And XXVIII      2011
And XXIX        2011
And XXX         2012
And XXXI        2013
And XXXII       2013
And XXXIII      2013

And NE          2004

NGC 55          1826 Aug  4     Dunlop (Dun 507)
NGC 404         1784 Sep 13     W. Herschel (H. II.224)
NGC 1569        1788 Nov  4     W. Herschel (H. II.768)
NGC 1560        1882            Tempel IX (AN No. 2660)
Cam A           1991
Argo dw(Car II) 1980            Corwin, de Vaucouleurs, de Vaucouleurs; 1997 Whiting, Irwin, Hau

NGC 6946        1798 Sep  9     W. Herschel
IC 342          1895            Denning
Sex C, Pal 3    1952            Wilson, Baade
UMa dw, Pal 4   1949            Hubble; 1950 Wilson
Ser dw, Pal 5   1950            Baade; 1955 Wilson
Cap dw, Pal 12  1953            Harrington/Zwicky
Maffei 1        1968            Maffei
Maffei 2        1968            Maffei
And IV          1970            van den Bergh; 1991: Not a galaxy; 2000: Remote galaxy
SDIG            1977            Lautsen et.al. (ESO)
LGS 2           1978            Kowal, Lo, Sargent (Hale); dismissed 1981 Van den Bergh, Racine
2318-42         1982            Longmore et.al. (UKS)