<p>The NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE (NED) lists galaxies from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) catalog as  G  (<a href="https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?extend=no&amp;hconst=73&amp;omegam=0.27&amp;omegav=0.73&amp;corr_z=1&amp;out_csys=Equatorial&amp;out_equinox=J2000.0&amp;obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude&amp;of=pre_text&amp;zv_breaker=30000.0&amp;list_limit=5&amp;img_stamp=YES&amp;objname=ESO%20012-%20G%20014" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ESO 012- G 014</a>) or  IG  (<a href="https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?extend=no&amp;hconst=73&amp;omegam=0.27&amp;omegav=0.73&amp;corr_z=1&amp;out_csys=Equatorial&amp;out_equinox=J2000.0&amp;obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude&amp;of=pre_text&amp;zv_breaker=30000.0&amp;list_limit=5&amp;img_stamp=YES&amp;objname=ESO%20293-IG%20034" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ESO 293-IG 034</a>). </p>

<p><strong>What does G/IG signify?</strong></p>

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What does G/IG signify in the galaxy names ESO 012- G 014 and ESO 293-IG 034?
Ritesh Singh
# What does G/IG signify in the galaxy names ESO 012- G 014 and ESO 293-IG 034?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-20)

The NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE (NED) lists galaxies from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) catalog as G ([ESO 012- G 014](https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES&objname=ESO%20012-%20G%20014)) or IG ([ESO 293-IG 034](https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA%20or%20Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES&objname=ESO%20293-IG%20034)).

**What does G/IG signify?**

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