Discovery of the Local Group Galaxies

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    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)
    
    Possible Further Members:
    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
    
    Probable Non-Members:
    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
    
    Former Candidates:
    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)
    

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