• This is a list of NGC objects 7001–7840 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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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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    of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects...
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    NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding...
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    Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
    Bibcode:2018MNRAS.481.1786F. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2370. S2CID 119000958. Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (1 January 2007). "NGC 6960: The Witch's Broom Nebula"...
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    NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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    NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the...
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    NGC 7318 (also known as UGC 12099/UGC 12100 or HCG 92d/b) is a pair of colliding galaxies about 280 million light-years from Earth. They appear in the...
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    doi:10.1093/mnras/stz250. Aidelman, Y.; et al. (February 2018), "Open clusters. III. Fundamental parameters of B stars in NGC 6087, NGC 6250, NGC 6383,...
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    NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco. NGC 5866 was most likely discovered by Pierre Méchain or Charles...
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    arXiv:1211.2935. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.429..775L. doi:10.1093/mnras/sts373. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 2000 - 2049". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2020-08-28...
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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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    Messier 78 (redirect from NGC 2068)
    Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included...
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    NGC 4747 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of about 35 million light years from Earth...
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    Messier 93 (redirect from NGC 2447)
    Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447 or the Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop...
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    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 246 (also known as the Skull Nebula or Caldwell 56) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. It is the first known planetary nebula to have...
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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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    NGC 2363-V1 is a luminous blue variable star in the star-forming region NGC 2363, at the far southwestern part of the irregular galaxy NGC 2366 in the...
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    galaxy NGC 1281". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (1): 538–553. arXiv:1511.03131. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456..538Y. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2665...
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    Messier 110 (redirect from NGC 205)
    Messier 110, or M110, also known as NGC 205, is a dwarf elliptical galaxy that is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy in the Local Group. Charles Messier...
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    cluster NGC 225: Binary stars' content and total mass estimate". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. arXiv:2204.12558. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1199...
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    dwarf galaxy NGC 6822". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508 (2): 2098–2113. arXiv:2108.04431. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2642. "NGC 6822: Barnard's...
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    NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda. It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell...
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    4805K. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2675. Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 2442. NGC 2442 in Volans Astronomy Picture of the Day NGC 2442: Galaxy in...
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    Tarantula Nebula (redirect from NGC 2069)
    been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area...
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    NGC 4395 is a nearby low surface brightness spiral galaxy located about 14 million light-years (or 4.3 Mpc) from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici...
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    NGC 1232, also known as the Eye of God Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was...
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    2013). "NGC 1252: a high altitude, metal poor open cluster remnant". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 434 (1): 194–208. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt996...
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    NGC 5189 (Gum 47, IC 4274, nicknamed Spiral Planetary Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Musca. It was discovered by James Dunlop on 1...
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