• 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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    +30° 35′ 43″. As the westernmost NGC object in the nebula (first in right ascension), its number is sometimes used as an NGC identifier for the nebula as...
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    radio outbursts at the center of the NGC 1407 galaxy group". The Astrophysical Journal. 755 (2): 172. arXiv:1206.5751. Bibcode:2012ApJ...755..172G. doi:10...
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    significant galaxies in Canes Venatici is the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51, NGC 5194) and NGC 5195, a small barred spiral galaxy that is seen face-on. This was...
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    NGC 6051 is a giant elliptical galaxy located in the constellation of Serpens. The galaxy lies 453 million light-years from Earth, which means given its...
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    Seyfert galaxy NGC 3393, revealed by modelling the spectra". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 425 (2): 1205–1214. arXiv:1206.3060. Bibcode:2012MNRAS...
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    & Block 2004. SIMBAD NGC 5008. SIMBAD NGC 5548. SIMBAD NGC 5653. SIMBAD NGC 5825. SIMBAD NGC 5778. SIMBAD NGC 5886. SIMBAD NGC 5888. Francis, Matthew...
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    NGC 679 is an elliptical or a lenticular galaxy located 210 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer...
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    NGC 708 is an elliptical galaxy located 240 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda and was discovered by astronomer William Herschel...
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    1 August 2011. Ardeberg, A.; de Groot, M. (1973). "The 1972 supernova in NGC 5253. Photometric results from the first observing season". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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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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    NGC 759 is an elliptical galaxy located 230 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 759 was discovered by astronomer by Heinrich d'Arrest...
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    Coma I (redirect from NGC 4274 Group)
    3215, IC 3247, MCG 5-29- 66, NGC 4080, NGC 4150, NGC 4308, NGC 4455, NGC 4509, NGC 4534, NGC 4627, NGC 4631, NGC 4656, NGC 4670, UGC 6900, UGC 7007, UGC...
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    constellation, featuring prominent objects such as the open cluster NGC 5823 and the planetary nebula NGC 5315. Circinus hosts a notable spiral galaxy, the Circinus...
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    close dark nebula of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, which includes NGC 6729 SL 41 LDN 43 (Cosmic Bat Nebula) LDN 193 LDN 206 LDN 208 LDN 535 LDN...
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    NGC 1624-2 is a massive O-type star located in the star cluster NGC 1624, in the constellation of Perseus, about 16,800 light years away. NGC 1624-2 is...
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    Exoplanet Host Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 694 (2): 1085–1098. arXiv:0901.1206. Bibcode:2009ApJ...694.1085V. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1085. S2CID 18370219...
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    "The young open cluster NGC 3293 and its relation to CAR OB1 and the Carina Nebula complex". Astronomical Journal. 85: 1193–1206. Bibcode:1980AJ.....85...
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    star at the center of R136, the central concentration of stars of the large NGC 2070 open cluster in the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) in the Large Magellanic...
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    similar-sized NGC 1778. Far dimmer than the other open clusters is NGC 2126 at magnitude 10.2. Despite its dimness, NGC 2126 is as concentrated as NGC 1857, having...
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    in the Andromeda Galaxy. A second supernova, SN 1895B, was discovered in NGC 5253 a decade later. Early work on what was originally believed to be simply...
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    John Louis Emil Dreyer. NGC 18 is an example. "Herman Schultz (1823-1890)". www.astro.uu.se. Retrieved 2017-12-08. "1205-1206 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan...
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    Ruprecht 147 (redirect from NGC 6774)
    Ruprecht 147 or NGC 6774 is a dispersed star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. It is about 1,000 light years away, which is close to Earth in comparison...
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    planetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus, near the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). The nebula derives its name from its symmetrical spherical shape which...
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    discovered by transit. NGC 7172, NGC 7174 and NGC 7314 are three galaxies of magnitudes 11.9, 12.5 and 10.9, respectively. NGC 7259 is another spiral...
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    (3): 1206. Bibcode:1993AJ....105.1206T. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.56.3178. doi:10.1086/116505. Wells, L.A.; et al. (1994). "The Type IA supernova 1989B in NGC 3627...
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  • open cluster in the constellation Hydra. The New General Catalogue object NGC 48, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. The prophecies...
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    metal content very low. Baade, W. (1944). "The resolution of Messier 32, NGC 205, and the central region of the Andromeda nebula". Astrophysical Journal...
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    Corona Borealis contains few galaxies observable with amateur telescopes. NGC 6085 and 6086 are a faint spiral and elliptical galaxy respectively close...
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    bubbles The Voorwerpje around NGC 5972 The Voorwerpje around SDSS 1510+07 The Voorwerpje around UGC 7342 The Voorwerpje around NGC 5252 The Voorwerpje around...
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