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    NGC 1101 is a lenticular galaxy in the Cetus constellation, and is an estimated 331 million light-years away from Earth. It was discovered on 22 November...
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    other large elliptical galaxies, such as NGC 4889 and NGC 1600. Estimates of the absolute magnitude of IC 1101's spheroid are very faint for such a large...
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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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    NGC 1193 is an open cluster in the Perseus constellation. It was first observed and catalogued by astronomer William Herschel in 1786. The cluster is...
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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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    28..139P. ISSN 0185-1101. Vansevicius, V.; Platais, I.; Paupers, O.; Abolins, E. (11 March 1997). "A study of the open cluster NGC 7209 in the Vilnius...
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    NGC 3553 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered in March 1885 by Guillaume Bigourdan. It is a member of the galaxy...
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    Trifid Nebula (redirect from NGC 6514)
    The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region in the north-west of Sagittarius in a star-forming region in the...
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    Telescope. M89 (NGC 4552) M105 (NGC 3379) NGC 4697, part of the NGC 4697 Group ESO 383-76, one of the largest galaxies known. IC 1101, the central galaxy...
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    galaxies that forms the group are NGC 79, NGC 81, NGC 83, NGC 85, NGC 86, Arp 65 (NGC 90 and NGC 93, NGC 94, NGC 96, IC 1542 and IC 1546. According to astronomers...
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    arXiv:1101.5393. Bibcode:2011ApJ...731...93M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/731/2/93. S2CID 119115926. Media related to NGC 1487 at Wikimedia Commons NGC 1487...
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    528: A115. arXiv:1101.5399. Bibcode:2011A&A...528A.115W. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015939. S2CID 56240513. "Search specification: NGC 3552". HyperLeda...
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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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    "Does NGC 6934 Have a Tidal Tail?". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 34: 1101. Bibcode:2002AAS...201.0702W. Media related to NGC 6934 at...
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    Messier 87 (redirect from NGC 4486)
    Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains...
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    estimated mass of 1.28 × 1014 M☉. NGC 7002 is also host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 2.7 × 109 M☉. IC 1101, A massive elliptical galaxy...
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    listed both as NGC 4061 and NGC 4055. NGC 4061 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and forms an interacting pair with its companion, NGC 4065 as evidenced...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 7808
    NGC 7808 is an lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8521 ± 24 km/s, which...
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    NGC 4062, NGC 4136, NGC 4173, NGC 4203, NGC 4245, NGC 4251, NGC 4274, NGC 4283, NGC 4310, NGC 4314, NGC 4359, NGC 4414, NGC 4509, and NGC 4525. Another...
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    Messier 28 (redirect from NGC 6626)
    Messier 28 or M28, also known as NGC 6626, is a globular cluster of stars in the center-west of Sagittarius. It was discovered by French astronomer Charles...
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    NGC 5032 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 6675 ± 18 km/s...
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    NGC 5929 is a well-studied Seyfert galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on May 13, 1828. In the revised...
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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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    is a member of the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4323 is commonly misidentified as NGC 4322, which is a 13th magnitude star. NGC 4323 is a companion of Messier 100...
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  • Astronomical Database unless otherwise noted. Lists of astronomical objects List of NGC objects Collinder catalogue Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database Melotte catalogue...
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  • Thumbnail for Leo Cluster
    constellation Leo, with at least 70 major galaxies. The galaxy known as NGC 3842 is the brightest member of this cluster. Along with the Coma Cluster...
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    embedded star of magnitude 6, NGC 7000 is 1500 light-years from Earth. To the south of Epsilon Cygni is the Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6979, 6992, and 6995)...
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  • Thumbnail for Planetary nebula
    In 1782, William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus, found the Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) and described it as "A curious nebula, or what else to call it I do...
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  • objects List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs NGC 3201 – a globular cluster with many black holes NGC 7727 – a galaxy with the closest confirmed binary...
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  • Thumbnail for Mensa (constellation)
    galaxy is NGC 1987, a globular cluster estimated to be around 600 million years old that has a significant number of red ageing stars, and NGC 1848, a 27...
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