The following page lists all the historically catalogued galaxies, nebulae, and clusters of stars, found up until 1945.
NGC - New General Catalogue of nebulae and clusters of stars (found up until 1888)
IC 1 - Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (found from 1888-1894)
IC 2 - Second Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (found from 1895-1908)
MC - Other designation excluding NGC and IC, nebulae and clusters found from 1908-1945
A link to the viewer consisting of all of the objects (nearly 30,000 in total) is available below. Supplement updates will continue to be available soon via a new post. Scroll down for the latest version as old posts are outdated and there are several errors that may require correction.
**Warning to low-end devices as large zooms can cause lag**