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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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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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 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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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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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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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 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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LGG 117) that includes at least 8 other galaxies: NGC 1586, NGC 1587, NGC 1588, NGC 1589, UGC 3054, UGC 3058, UGC 3072 and UGC 3080. List of NGC objects...
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the NGC catalog as NGC 4208. He then observed the same galaxy and listed it as NGC 4212. Astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer later concluded that NGC 4208...
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NGC 6383 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1847. In the New General...
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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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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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NGC 1032 is a spiral galaxy that is about 117 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on 18 December 1783 by German-British...
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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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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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NGC 4689 is a spiral galaxy located about 54 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. NGC 4689 is also classified as a LINER 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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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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Crescent Nebula (redirect from NGC 6888)
The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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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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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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Bubble Nebula (redirect from Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635))
NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close...
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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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