• Thumbnail for NGC 4567 and NGC 4568
    NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies or Siamese Twins) are a set of unbarred spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away in the...
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    M81 Group (redirect from NGC 3031 Group)
    2004dj in NGC 2403 NGC 4236 from GALEX NGC 2366 from Hubble Space Telescope Galaxy NGC 2976 from Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared Galaxy NGC 2976 from...
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    NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc)...
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    Sculptor Galaxy (redirect from NGC 253)
    Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation...
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    Centaurus A (redirect from NGC 5128)
    Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James...
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    990 and NGC 1029. On the other hand, NGC 1024 and NGC 1029 form a pair of galaxies. List of NGC objects (1001–2000) New General Catalogue NGC 1024 at...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5102
    NGC 5102, also known as Iota's Ghost, is a lenticular galaxy in the Centaurus A/M83 Group of galaxies. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1835. At...
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    NGC 4017 is an intermediate spiral radio galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is...
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    Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from NGC 598)
    Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74 kiloparsecs...
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    The NGC 3800 group has at least 16 members. Other New General Catalog galaxies in this group are NGC 3768, NGC 3790, NGC 3799, NGC 3801, NGC 3802, NGC 3806...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 55
    NGC 55, also known as the String of Pearls Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation...
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    NGC 871 is a barred spiral galaxy in the Aries constellation. Its discovery and first description was realized by William Herschel on October 14, 1784...
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  • Thumbnail for Jewel Box (star cluster)
    The Jewel Box (also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster, NGC 4755, or Caldwell 94) is an open cluster in the constellation Crux, originally discovered by...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 185
    NGC 185 (also known as Caldwell 18) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy located 2.08 million light-years from Earth, appearing in the constellation Cassiopeia...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 300
    NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70 or the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest galaxies...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 147
    NGC 147 (also known as DDO3 or Caldwell 17) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 Mly away in the constellation Cassiopeia. NGC 147 is a member of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Carina Nebula
    Carina Nebula (redirect from NGC 3372)
    The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1513
    Lambda Persei. The same telescope field contains the clusters NGC 1528 and NGC 1545. NGC 1513 was discovered in 1790 by the German-British astronomer William...
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    Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6231
    NGC 6231 (also known as Caldwell 76 or the Baby Scorpion Cluster) is an open cluster in the southern sky located half a degrees north of Zeta Scorpii...
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  • Thumbnail for Owl Nebula
    Owl Nebula (redirect from NGC 3587)
    The Owl Nebula (also known as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) is a planetary nebula approximately 2,030 light years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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  • Thumbnail for Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822)
    ....49....3K, doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6, S2CID 120973010 NED (February 24, 2007), Results for search on MCG -02-50-002 NGC 6822 on WikiSky: DSS2...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3109
    NGC 3109 is a small barred Magellanic type spiral or irregular galaxy around 4.35 Mly away in the direction of the constellation of Hydra. NGC 3109 is...
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    Hickson 44 group NGC 3259, also a strong source of X-rays NGC 3783, also a strong source of X-rays NGC 3982, also a starburst galaxy NGC 4151, which has...
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    the Seyfert 1 AGN NGC 5940". Astrophysics and Space Science. 367 (5): 51. arXiv:2205.11612. Bibcode:2022Ap&SS.367...51A. doi:10.1007/s10509-022-04082-1...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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  • Thumbnail for Messier 52
    Messier 52 (redirect from NGC 7654)
    Messier 52 or M52, also known as NGC 7654 or the Scorpion Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the highly northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It...
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    group. Other galaxies in this group are NGC 3768, NGC 3790, NGC 3800, NGC 3801, NGC 3802 , NGC 3806, NGC 3827 and NGC 3853. The other galaxies in the group...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3077
    NGC 3077 is a small disrupted elliptical galaxy, a member of the M81 Group, which is located in the northern constellation Ursa Major. Despite being similar...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6822
    NGC 6822 (also known as Barnard's Galaxy, IC 4895, or Caldwell 57) is a barred irregular galaxy approximately 1.6 million light-years away in the constellation...
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