NGC 117 is a lenticular galaxy with a magnitude of 14.3 in the constellation Cetus. NGC 117 is its New General Catalogue designation. It was discovered...
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North America Nebula (redirect from Sh2-117)
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest...
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NGC 3314 is a pair of overlapping spiral galaxies between 117 and 140 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. This unique alignment gives...
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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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planetary nebulae - The cases of NGC 5189 and NGC 6826". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 117: 33–37. Bibcode:1983A&A...117...33P. Danehkar, Ashkbiz; Karovska...
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in NGC 2403 Unmasked". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 117 (832): 553–562. arXiv:astro-ph/0503324. Bibcode:2005PASP..117..553V...
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This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and...
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NGC 2020 is an HII Region surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star BAT99-59. It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The nebula was discovered on 30 December...
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galaxy NGC 1620 is part of the NGC 1589 Group (also known as LGG 117) that includes at least 8 other galaxies: NGC 1586, NGC 1587, NGC 1588, NGC 1589,...
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galaxies. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000)...
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Very Young Starburst Merger System NGC 1741*". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (4): 1708–1724. Bibcode:1999AJ....117.1708J. doi:10.1086/300800. ISSN 1538-3881...
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New General Catalogue (redirect from NGC object)
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 4958 is a member of the NGC 4697 Group, also known as LGG 314. Other members of the group include NGC 4697, NGC 4731, NGC 4775, NGC 4941, NGC 4951...
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Cat's Eye Nebula (redirect from NGC 6543)
The Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543 and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel...
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Metal-rich Open Cluster NGC 6791" (PDF). The Astronomical Journal. 117 (3): 1360–1374. arXiv:astro-ph/9812097. Bibcode:1999AJ....117.1360C. doi:10.1086/300794...
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Analysis of NGC 1907, NGC 1912, NGC 2383, NGC 2384, and NGC 6709 Using Synthetic Color-Magnitude Diagrams". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (2): 937–961...
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NGC 3516 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. NGC 3516 is located about 150 million light years away from Earth, which means...
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Rosette Nebula (redirect from NGC 2237)
confused with NGC 246, which is also nicknamed the "Skull Nebula". The complex has the following New General Catalogue (NGC) designations: NGC 2237 – Part...
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Messier 60 (redirect from NGC 4649)
known as NGC 4649, is an elliptical galaxy approximately 57 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. Together with NGC 4647, it...
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NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years...
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NGC 4856 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy lies about 75 million light years away from Earth, which means, given its...
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Messier 30 (redirect from NGC 7099)
Messier 30 (also known as M30, NGC 7099, or the Jellyfish Cluster) is a globular cluster of stars in the southeast of the southern constellation of Capricornus...
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NGC 4208 was identical to NGC 4212. NGC 4212 is a member of the Virgo Cluster. List of NGC objects (4001–5000) NGC 4414 NGC 4051 - similar looking galaxy...
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Preserved Leavenworth". Popular Astronomy. 37: 117. Bibcode:1929PA.....37..117B. Retrieved 2 September 2016. NGC 166 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen...
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66 Mly (67.117 ± 1.123 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 24 September 1830. Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 664: SN 1996bw...
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Nebula NGC 6884: The Discovery of a Fast Precessing, Bipolar Collimated Outflow". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (3): 1421–1432. Bibcode:1999AJ....117.1421M...
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NGC 659 is an open cluster in the Cassiopeia constellation. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. "NGC 659 – Open (galactic) Cluster". Simbad...
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NGC 5466 is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on May 17, 1784,...
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NGC 6365A and NGC 6365B. This pair of galaxies was discovered by German astronomer Lewis Swift in 1884. NGC 6563A is the northern counterpart of NGC 6563...
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NGC 7609 or known as Arp 150 and HCG 95A, is a large elliptical galaxy located in Pegasus. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 11...
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