Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2700 (= GC 5437, Tempel, 1860 RA 08 48 45, NPD 94 34) is "extremely faint, very small, 1 arcmin north of 1727", GC 1727 being NGC 2699, which see for images. Dreyer gave the NPD for NGC 2699 as 92 35.0, so if NGC 2700 was an arcmin to the north, its NPD should have been 92 34, and the published value was off by 2 degrees, presumably due to a transcription or printing error. In any event, there is nothing to the north of NGC 2699 save for a few stars. As a result, the star just to the northeast of that galaxy is presumed to be NGC 2700, and its position is the one listed above.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2701 (= GC 1728 = JH 537 = WH IV 66, 1860 RA 08 48 46, NPD 35 41.4) is "pretty bright, fan-shaped, 11th magnitude star attached".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.2 by 1.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2702 (= GC 5436, Tempel, 1860 RA 08 48 49, NPD 92 31.2) is "very faint, very small, 4 arcmin northeast of 1727", GC 1727 being NGC 2699, which see for an image. The published coordinates are 5sE and 3.8'N of those for NGC 2699, but as in the case of NGC 2700 there is nothing in the area save for a star located 2s due east of the relative position; so that is presumed to be Tempel's object, and its coordinates are the ones listed above. (Note: In the preceding 'calculation' I have used the relative positions stated in the NGC instead of precessing the 1860 coordinates, for when available, relative positions are a more reliable method of determining the positions of close objects.)

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2703 (= GC 5438, Tempel, 1860 RA 08 48 50, NPD 92 45) is "extremely faint, a little extended, doubtful".

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2704 (= GC 1729 = WH III 625, 1860 RA 08 48 54, NPD 50 07.4) is "very faint, very small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 1.0 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2705 (= GC 5439, Tempel, 1860 RA 08 48 55, NPD 92 28.2) is "very faint, very small, 3 stars of 14th magnitude to the east and northeast".
Physical Information:

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2706 (Swift list III (#42), 1860 RA 08 49 04, NPD 92 02.5) is "very faint, pretty small, much extended, star near to east".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.8 by 0.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2707 (= GC 5440, Tempel, 1860 RA 08 49 05, NPD 92 32) is "extremely faint, small".

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2708 (= GC 1730, WH II 281, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 49 06, NPD 92 49.1) is "pretty faint, pretty small, extended, 2 stars near". The position precesses to RA 08 56 08.9, Dec -03 21 06, on the northern rim of the galaxy, the description fits and there is nothing else nearby, so the identification is certain.
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.7 by 1.4 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2709 (= GC 1722, 3rd Lord Rosse, 1860 RA 08 49 11, NPD 92 42.0) is "very faint, pretty small, a little extended, north northeast of II 281", (WH) II 281 being NGC 2708.
Discovery Notes: Although Dreyer credits the discovery to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, he notes that many of Rosse's nebular discoveries were actually made by one of his assistants, in this case Bindon Stoney.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.8 by 0.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2710 (= GC 1731 = WH III 841, 1860 RA 08 49 15, NPD 33 46.9) is "very faint, small".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.0 by 1.0 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2711 (= GC 5441, Marth #134, 1860 RA 08 49 31, NPD 72 11) is "very faint, small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.9 by 0.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2712 (= GC 1732 = JH 540, 1860 RA 08 50 04, NPD 44 33.4) is "pretty bright, large, extended, very gradually brighter middle equivalent to 18th magnitude star".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.8 by 1.5 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2713 (= GC 5442, Marth #135, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 50 05, NPD 86 32.4) is "pretty bright, irregularly round, much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.6 by 1.5 arcmin? Classified by the de Vaucouleurs galaxy atlas as type (R₁')SB(rs)ab.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2714 (= GC 1733 = JH 3143, 1860 RA 08 50 06, NPD 148 41.4) is "extremely faint, small, round, pretty suddenly a little brighter middle". The position precesses to RA 08 53 28.7, Dec -59 13 16, on the southwestern rim of the galaxy listed above, the description fits and there is nothing else nearby, so the identification is certain.
Warning About Images: A search for images of NGC 2714 may show an HST image of an emission and absorption nebula, but that is a mislabeled image of what is supposedly NGC 2174, but is actually a part of NGC 2175 well to the southwest of NGC 2174.)
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.1 by 1.1 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2715 (= GC 5443, Borelly (#3), 1860 RA 08 50 09, NPD 11 22.6) is "pretty bright, large, extended".
Physical Information: Apparent size 4.8 by 1.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2716 (= GC 5444, Marth #136, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 50 19, NPD 86 22.9) is "faint, small, round, much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.3 by 1.0 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2717 (= GC 1734 = JH 3144, 1860 RA 08 50 52, NPD 114 08.0) is "pretty faint, small, round, very gradualy pretty much brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.1 by 1.5 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2718 (= GC 1735 = GC 1736 = JH 542 = WH II 557, 1860 RA 08 51 20, NPD 83 08.5) is "faint, pretty large, extended, among 3 stars".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.1 by 2.1 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2719 (= GC 1737 = JH 541 = WH III 540, 1860 RA 08 51 26, NPD 53 44.1) is "very faint, small, extended 110°, 2 very faint stars involved".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.1 by 0.3 arcmin. Recessional velocity 3075 km/sec. Interacting with PGC 25284. The pair is used by the Arp Atlas as an example of galaxies with material ejected from their nuclei.

Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.3 arcmin. Recessional velocity 3115 km/sec. Interacting with NGC 2719, which see for images. The pair is used by the Arp Atlas as an example of galaxies with material ejected from their nuclei.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2720 (= GC 5445, Marth #137, Tempel list I (#?), 1860 RA 08 51 30, NPD 78 18) is "faint, small, round, brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.1 by 1.1 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2721 (= GC 1739 = JH 543 = WH II 529, 1860 RA 08 51 59, NPD 94 21.5) is "considerably faint, pretty large, round, very gradually brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.4 by 1.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2722 (= GC 1740 = WH III 264, 1860 RA 08 52 29, NPD 93 11.1) is "very faint, very small, stellar".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.0 by 1.3 arcmin. The bottom image shows that the spiral arms of NGC 2722 nearly reach PGC 1067840, the galaxy to the east of the NGC object; but there is no apparent distortion of those arms, and nothing is known about PGC 1067840, save for its apparent size and brightness, so whether it is in any way connected with the larger galaxy is a mystery.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2723 (= GC 5446, Marth #138, 1860 RA 08 53 02, NPD 86 16) is "faint, small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.8 by 0.8 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2724 (= GC 1741 = JH 544, 1860 RA 08 53 07, NPD 53 42.7) is "extremely faint, small, stellar".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.8 by 1.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2725 (= GC 5447, Marth #139, 1860 RA 08 53 26, NPD 78 22) is "faint, pretty large, preceding (western) of 2", the other being NGC 2728.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.7 by 0.6 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2726 (= GC 1742 = JH 545 = WH II 834, 1860 RA 08 53 53, NPD 29 29.8) is "considerably faint, pretty small, irregularly round, extremely mottled but not resolved".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.6 by 0.5 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2727 (= GC 1743 = JH 546, 1860 RA 08 54 02, NPD 92 50.3) is "very faint, large, round, brighter middle". (The next iteration of this page will discuss the proof that this is a duplicate observation of NGC 2708.)
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 2708 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2728 (= GC 5448, Marth #140, 1860 RA 08 54 03, NPD 78 22) is "very faint, pretty large, a little extended, eastern of 2", the other being NGC 2725.
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.1 by 0.8 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2729 (= GC 5449, Marth #141, 1860 RA 08 54 03, NPD 85 44) is "very faint, very small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.8 by 0.5 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2730 (= GC 5450, Marth #142, 1860 RA 08 54 26, NPD 72 35) is "very faint, large, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.7 by 1.3 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2731 (= GC 5451, Marth #143, 1860 RA 08 54 35, NPD 81 08) is "faint, very small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.8 by 0.5 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2732 (= GC 1738 = JH 539, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 54 42, NPD 10 15.0) is "pretty bright, small, extended 45°, 13th magnitude star to northeast".
Physical Information: Apparent size 2.1 by 0.9 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2733 (= GC 1744 = JH 547, 1860 RA 08 55 01, NPD 93 10.9) is "extremely faint, round". (The next iteration of this page will discuss the fact that this is a duplicate observation of NGC 2722.)
Physical Information: Given the duplicate entry, see NGC 2722 for anything else.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2734 (= GC 5452, Marth #144, 1860 RA 08 55 11, NPD 72 33) is "extremely faint, very small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.6 by 0.5 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2735 (Stephan list IX (#18), 1860 RA 08 55 23, NPD 63 31.0) is "a small (faint) star involved in very faint, very small nebula, extended east-west".
Physical Information: Gravitationally interacting with PGC 25402. Based on a recessional velocity of 2450 km/sec, NGC 2735 is about 115 million light years away, in good agreement with a redshift-independent distance estimate of 120 million light years. Given that and its apparent size of 1.2 by 0.4 arcmin, it is about 40 thousand light years across. Used (with PGC 25402) by the Arp Atlas as an example of galaxies with the appearance of wind effects.

Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.2 arcmin. Involved with and used with NGC 2735 (which see for images) by the Arp Atlas as an example of galaxies with the appearance of wind effects.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2736 (= GC 1745 = JH 3145, 1860 RA 08 55 31, NPD 135 20.9) is "a remarkable object, most extremely faint, very large, very very much extended 19°".
Physical Information: NGC 2736 is a bright, linear emission nebula nearly half a degree in extent, but mostly only a couple of arcmin wide. A fainter "shadow" of the ray lies to its west. As with many linear nebulae, NGC 2736 is probably part of an expanding supernova remnant (in this case the Vela Supernova Remnant), but it could a shock wave passing through the interstellar medium as a result of the supernova. NGC 2736 is moving through the interstellar medium at 400 thousand miles an hour, and even at its approximately 815 light year distance, should have a noticeable change in its position relative to the background stars within a human lifetime.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2737 (= GC 1747, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 55 56, NPD 67 32.5) is "very faint, very small, part of a double nebula with the following entry", that being NGC 2738.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.9 by 0.4 arcmin. Recessional velocity 3165 km/sec. Since NGC 2737 and 2738 have similar recessional velocities, they are probably at about the same distance from us; and if so, they may be a physical pair.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2738 (= GC 1746, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 55 57, NPD 67 28.8) is "pretty bright, small, irregular figure, part of a double nebula with the preceding entry", that being NGC 2737.
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.4 by 0.6 arcmin. Recessional velocity 3110 km/sec. Since NGC 2738 and 2737 have similar recessional velocities, they are probably at about the same distance from us; and if so, they may be a physical pair.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2739 (= GC 1749, 3rd Lord Rosse, 1860 RA 08 56 04, NPD 37 40) is "very faint, small, round, northwest of h 549", (JH) 549 being NGC 2740.
Discovery Notes: Although Dreyer credits the discovery to William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, he notes that many of Rosse's nebular discoveries were actually made by one of his assistants, in this case R. J. Mitchell.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.9 by 0.2 arcmin. Recessional velocity 8855 km/sec. Since NGC 2739 and 2740 have nearly the same recessional velocity and are in nearly the same direction, they are probably a physical pair. However, given their relative lack of distortion, they are probably not quite as close as they appear, and most likely one is a little behind or in front of the other.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2740 (= GC 1748, JH 549, 1860 RA 08 56 06, NPD 37 41.4) is "very faint, pretty small, round".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.0 by 0.9 arcmin. Recessional velocity 8850 km/sec. Since NGC 2739 (which see for images) and 2740 have nearly the same recessional velocity and are in nearly the same direction, they are probably a physical pair. However, given their relative lack of distortion, they are probably not quite as close as they appear, and most likely one is a little behind or in front of the other.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2741 (= GC 5453, Marth #145, 1860 RA 08 56 23, NPD 71 11) is "very faint, western of 2", the other being NGC 2745.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.2 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2742 (= GC 1750 = JH 550 = WH I 249, 1860 RA 08 56 28, NPD 28 57.9) is "considerably bright, considerably large, extended 90°, extremely mottled but not resolved".
Why Is NGC 2816 Mentioned Here?: The identity of NGC 2816 was long unknown, and (per Corwin) one of the earlier guesses at its identity equated it with NGC 2742. And although it has since been shown (by Steinicke) that NGC 2816 is actually an erroneous observation of NGC 2820, the earlier incorrect "connection" to NGC 2742 may crop up from time to time (as it did on this page, until Corwin revised his notes to reflect the error). So the "not equal" in the title for this entry is a warning about that mistake.
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.0 by 1.5 arcmin.

Physical Information: Apparent size 1.6 by 0.6 arcmin? It appears that PGC 25836 is gravitationally interacting with PGC 2632752, as there are faint extensions of both galaxies that appear to be related, and they have nearly identical recessional velocities. As a result, the smaller galaxy is labeled in the wide-field image below, and discussed in the following entry. (Vr, apparent size, physical size to be added in next iteration of this page)

Physical Information: Almost certainly interacting with PGC 25836, based on their peculiar appearance and nearly identical recessional velocities. As shown in the wide-field image below, there appears to be faint clouds surrounding the larger galaxy and trailing down to the southeast, toward the smaller one, and a faint counter-tail stretching to the south of PGC 2632752 (that being the basis of "pec" added to its type, above). Note: The third galaxy in the region, PGC 2632834, has a recessional velocity of more than 37,000 km/sec, is a much more distant background object, and therefore shows no sign of interaction with the other two galaxies. (Vr, apparent size, physical size to be added in next iteration of this page)

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2743 (= GC 1751 = WH III 608, 1860 RA 08 56 34, NPD 64 26.9) is "extremely faint, small, round, very little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.1 by 0.8 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2744 (= GC 1752 = JH 551 = WH III 60, 1860 RA 08 56 43, NPD 70 59.2) is "very faint, small, round, mottled but not resolved, double star near".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.6 by 1.2 arcmin. As noted in the following entry, the bright southern extension of this distorted galaxy is sometimes referred to as PGC 200248 or "NGC 2744A". However, although it may be a remnant of a galactic collision, it appears more likely to be a distended extension of the resulting chaos than a truly separate object. There is also a very long, very faint extension to the north.

Warning About Non-Standard Designations: As the two different letters sometimes attached to an NGC number should suggest, using either NGC 2744A or NGC 2744B to describe an object such as PGC 200248 is almost certain to cause confusion, and despite their frequent misuse, such non-standard designations should never be used.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.2 by 0.2 arcmin? More likely to be a distended extension of NGC 2744 (which see for images) than an actual galaxy.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2745 (= GC 5454, Marth #146, 1860 RA 08 56 45, NPD 71 12) is "extremely faint, very small, stellar, eastern of 2", the other being NGC 2741.
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.2 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2746 (= GC 1754 = JH 552 = WH III 825, 1860 RA 08 57 15, NPD 54 03.9) is "extremely faint, small, round, very gradually a little brighter middle, 12th magnitude star 50 arcsec to north northwest".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.6 by 1.5 arcmin?

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2747 (= GC 5455, Marth #147, 1860 RA 08 57 23, NPD 71 00) is "very faint, very small, stellar".
Physical Information: Apparent size 0.4 by 0.2 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2748 (= GC 1753 = JH 548, 1860 RA 08 57 27, NPD 12 57.6) is "pretty bright, pretty large, extended, very gradually a little brighter middle".
Physical Information: Apparent size 3.1 by 1.1 arcmin.

Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 2749 (= GC 1755, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 08 57 27, NPD 71 07.9) is "pretty faint, small, round, brighter middle and nucleus equal to 15th magnitude star".
Physical Information: Apparent size 1.8 by 1.5 arcmin?