This list is used by members of the Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix, AZ. for the Best of the NGC achievement award. Constellation abbreviations are the IAU standard. Type abbreviations: GC= globular cluster, OC= open cluster, PN= planetary nebula, EN= emission nebula, SNR= supernova remnant, RN= reflection nebula, Galaxies are identified by their Hubble type. Sizes are in arc minutes, unless noted otherwise.
| No. | NGC | CON | TYPE | Mv | SIZE | NOTES |
| 1 | 891 | AND | Sb | 11.5 | 14.0×3.0 | edge-on with dust lane |
| 2 | 7662 | AND | PN | 8.6 | 17″x14″ | use high power for detail |
| 3 | 6781 | AQL | PN | 11.8 | 111″x109″ | large, pale |
| 4 | 7009 | AQR | PN | 8.3 | 28″x23″ | Saturn, small green oval |
| 5 | 7293 | AQR | PN | 6.3 | 960″x720″ | Helix, large, diffuse |
| 6 | 772 | ARI | Sb | 11.5 | 8.0×5.0 | diffuse spiral |
| 7 | 1907 | AUR | OC | 8.2 | 7 | 30* mags 9… |
| 8 | 1931 | AUR | OC | 11.3 | 3×3 | haze around 4* |
| 9 | 1501 | CAM | PN | 12 | 55.8″x48″ | faint, dark center |
| 10 | 2403 | CAM | Sc | 9.5 | 17.8 | visible in binocs |
| 11 | 2655 | CAM | S | 11.5 | 6.5×5.8 | stellar nucleus |
| 12 | 185 | CAS | dE0 | 9.7 | 12×10 | distant companion to M31 |
| 13 | 281 | CAS | OC | 7.4 | 4 | responds to UHC filter |
| 14 | 457 | CAS | OC | 6.4 | 13 | rich, 80* |
| 15 | 663 | CAS | OC | 7.1 | 16 | NGC’s 654 + 659 nearby |
| 16 | 7789 | CAS | OC | 6.7 | 16 | very rich, many dim* |
| 17 | 5128 | CEN | SOp | 8 | 18×15 | equatorial dust lane |
| 18 | 5139 | CEN | GC | 3.7 | 36 | omega Centauri! |
| 19 | 40 | CEP | PN | 10.7 | 60″x40″ | central* 11.6mag |
| 20 | 6939 | CEP | OC | 7.8 | 8 | rich, 80*, near NGC 6946 |
| 21 | 6946 | CEP | Sc | 10.5 | 14 | diffuse, face-on |
| 22 | 7129 | CEP | RN | 11.5 | 7×7 | faint reflection neby |
| 23 | 246 | CET | PN | 8.5 | 240″x210″ | low surface brightness |
| 24 | 936 | CET | SBa | 11 | 5.6×4.5 | near M77 |
| 25 | 2359 | CMA | EN | — | 8 | Duck, UHC filter helps |
| 26 | 4274 | COM | Sb | 11.1 | 7.3×2.7 | many other NGC’s near |
| 27 | 4414 | COM | SC | 10.9 | 4.8×3.2 | stellar nucleus |
| 28 | 4494 | COM | E1 | 10.7 | 4.5×4.3 | small, compact |
| 29 | 4559 | COM | SC | 10.7 | 13.0×5.2 | coarse structure |
| 30 | 4565 | COM | Sb | 10.3 | 15.5×1.9 | superb edge-on, dust lane |
| 31 | 4725 | COM | Sb | 10.2 | 12.0×9.0 | bright, large spiral |
| 32 | 4361 | CRV | PN | 10.3 | 80″ | small, bright |
| 33 | 4111 | CVN | S0 | 11.4 | 4.3×0.8 | bright lens shape |
| 34 | 4214 | CVN | Ir | 10.3 | 11×9.0 | large irregular |
| 35 | 4244 | CVN | S | 10.8 | 18.5×2.3 | huge edge-on |
| 36 | 4449 | CVN | Ir | 10 | 6.0×4,5 | bizarre rectangular shape |
| 37 | 4490 | CVN | Sc | 10.1 | 7.0×3.5 | bright spiral |
| 38 | 4631 | CVN | Sc | 9.8 | 17.0×3.5 | huge edge-on |
| 39 | 4656 | CVN | Sc | 10.6 | 22.0×3.0 | companion is NGC 4657 |
| 40 | 5005 | CVN | Sb | 10.6 | 6.3×3.0 | near Alpha CVn |
| 41 | 5033 | CVN | Sb | 10.9 | 11.5×5.5 | near NGC 5005 |
| 42 | 6819 | CYG | OC | 7.3 | 5 | rich, 150* |
| 43 | 6826 | CYG | PN | 8.8 | 27″x24″ | Blinking PN, 10mag* |
| 44 | 6960 | CYG | EN | — | 70×6 | Veil, west half |
| 45 | 6992 | CYG | EN | — | 60×8 | Veil, east, use UHC |
| 46 | 7000 | CYG | EN | — | 120×100 | North Am., low power |
| 47 | 7027 | CYG | PN | 9.6 | 18″x11″ | proto-planetary, unique |
| 48 | 5907 | DRA | Sb | 11.4 | 12.8×1.8 | fine edge-on, dust lane |
| 49 | 6503 | DRA | Sb | 11.5 | 8×2.6 | bright, elongated |
| 50 | 6543 | DRA | PN | 8.3 | 22″x16″ | 11th mag central* |
| 51 | 1232 | ERI | Sc | 10.5 | 8×7 | face-on spiral |
| 52 | 1535 | ERI | PN | 10.4 | 20″x17″ | bright bluish disk |
| 53 | 2158 | GEM | OC | 8.6 | 5 | near M35, compact |
| 54 | 2392 | GEM | PN | 8.6 | 47″x43″ | Eskimo, use high power |
| 55 | 6207 | HER | Sc | 12.5 | 3.3×1.2 | no definite nucleus |
| 56 | 6210 | HER | PN | 9.7 | 20″x13″ | small, bluish |
| 57 | 3242 | HYA | PN | 8.6 | 40″x35″ | Ghost of Jupiter |
| 58 | 7209 | LAC | OC | 6.7 | 25 | 50* |
| 59 | 7243 | LAC | OC | 6.4 | 21 | 40* |
| 60 | 2903 | LEO | Sb | 10 | 13.3×6.0 | bright, elongated |
| 61 | 3384 | LEO | E7 | 10 | 5.4×2.8 | in field of M105 |
| 62 | 3521 | LEO | Sc | 10.1 | 13.5×7.0 | large, bright |
| 63 | 3607 | LEO | E1 | 10.2 | 4.5×4.0 | other galxy’s nearby |
| 64 | 3628 | LEO | Sb | 11.5 | 15.5×4.3 | edge-on, near M65 – M66 |
| 65 | 3344 | LMI | Sc | 11.1 | 7.5×7.0 | diffuse face-on |
| 66 | 3432 | LMI | Sc | 11.7 | 7.5×2.0 | edge-on, faint streak |
| 67 | 2683 | LYN | Sb | 11 | 9.2×2.6 | bright edge-on |
| 68 | 2244 | MON | OC | 4.8 | 24 | Rosette, OC + neby |
| 69 | 2261 | MON | EN | — | 2×1 | Hubble’s Neb, comet like |
| 70 | 6369 | OPH | PN | 11 | 30″x29″ | near NGC 6309 |
| 71 | 6572 | OPH | PN | 9 | 15″x12″ | small, bright |
| 72 | 6633 | OPH | OC | 4.6 | 27 | large, sparse, bright |
| 73 | 1788 | ORI | EN | — | 8×5 | comet shaped |
| 74 | 1973 | ORI | EN | — | 5×5 | near M42 |
| 75 | 2024 | ORI | EN | — | 30×30 | put Zeta out of field |
| 76 | 2022 | ORI | PN | 12.8 | 28″x27″ | small, annular |
| 77 | 2194 | ORI | OC | 8.5 | 10 | rich with faint stars |
| 78 | 7331 | PEG | Sb | 10.4 | 11.4×4.0 | elongated in PA 171 deg |
| 79 | 869 | PER | OC | 4.3 | 30 | Double Cluster w/NGC 884 |
| 80 | 884 | PER | OC | 4.4 | 30 | 350*, use low power |
| 81 | 1023 | PER | E7p | 11 | 9×4 | lens shaped |
| 82 | 1491 | PER | EN | — | 3×3 | small, fairly bright |
| 83 | 2438 | PUP | PN | 11 | 65″ | on N edge of M46 |
| 84 | 2440 | PUP | PN | 11.5 | 54″x20″ | almost stellar |
| 85 | 2539 | PUP | OC | 6.5 | 22 | rich, near M46 + M47 |
| 86 | 253 | SCL | Scp | 7.1 | 25×7 | large |
| 87 | 6712 | SCT | GC | 8.2 | 7.2 | PN IC 1295 in field |
| 88 | 3115 | SEX | E6 | 10.1 | 8.3×3.2 | Spindle, lens-shaped |
| 89 | 6445 | SGR | PN | 13 | 35″x30″ | annular, near M23 |
| 90 | 6520 | SGR | OC | 7.6 | 6 | 60*, compact, near B86 |
| 91 | 6818 | SGR | PN | 10 | 22″x15″ | annular, near NGC 6822 |
| 92 | 2841 | UMA | Sb | 10.5 | 7.4×3.5 | bright edge-on |
| 93 | 3079 | UMA | Sb | 11.2 | 8.7×1.6 | elongated in PA 165 deg |
| 94 | 3077 | UMA | E2p | 10.7 | 6.0×4.5 | bright core |
| 95 | 3184 | UMA | Sc | 10.4 | 8.5×7.8 | diffuse face-on |
| 96 | 3675 | UMA | Sb | 10.4 | 6.8×3.5 | in field of 56 UMA |
| 97 | 3877 | UMA | Sc | 11.8 | 5.6×1.2 | elongated in PA 35 deg |
| 98 | 3941 | UMA | E3 | 11.3 | 3.6×2.5 | small, bright |
| 99 | 4026 | UMA | E8 | 11.5 | 4.5×1.1 | lens-shaped |
| 100 | 4088 | UMA | Sb | 11.2 | 5.9×2.2 | near NGC 4085 |
| 101 | 4605 | UMA | Scp | 10.8 | 7.0×2.5 | bright edge-on |
| 102 | 4216 | VIR | Sb | 11.2 | 8.5×1.7 | near NGC’s 4206 + 4222 |
| 103 | 4388 | VIR | SBc | 12.2 | 6.2×1.7 | near M84 + M86 |
| 104 | 4438 | VIR | Sap | 12 | 9.7×3.9 | pair with NGC 4435 |
| 105 | 4526 | VIR | E7 | 10.6 | 7.0×2.7 | betwn 2* of 7th mag |
| 106 | 4535 | VIR | SBc | 11.1 | 7.8×7.0 | near M49 |
| 107 | 4567 | VIR | Sb | 12.5 | 3.0×2.5 | Siamese Twins, galxy pair |
| 108 | 4699 | VIR | Sa | 10.5 | 3.5×2.7 | small & bright |
| 109 | 4762 | VIR | SO | 11.1 | 9.0×2.0 | flattest galaxy known |
| 110 | 5746 | VIR | Sb | 12.3 | 7.4×1.1 | edge-on, near* 109 VIR |
| 111 | 6940 | VUL | OC | 6.3 | 31 | rich, 60* |