Acronym for Next Generation Controller (PCM)

acronym for Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America, one of two major coin grading services in the United States.

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America. NGC was founded in 1987, and for coin grading, its opening heralded the introduction of a new standard of integrity. From the beginning, NGC focused on only one objective, a standard of consistent and accurate grading.

Assignment given to an object listed by number in Dreyer's ew eneral atalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars.

A catalogue of non-stellar objects compiled by the Dane, J. Dreyer in 1888. He released additions known as Index Catalogues (ICs). The final version containing these supplements and a total of 13226 objects was released in 1908. It is technically called the NGC-IC catalogue but is universally known as the NGC. The catalogue contains nebulae, clusters, and galaxies. There is necessarily an overlap with the contents of the Messier Catalogue. The objects are identified by numbers, prefixed by NGC. For example NGC224 is the Andromeda Nebula.

New General Catalogue. The common name for "A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars," put together by J. L. E. Dreyer in 1888.

National Governors' Council

National Governors' Centre

National Guideline Clearinghouse&

Nintendo GameCube Console

See New General Catalog