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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 7829 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. NGC 7829 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886. NGC 7829 forms...
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    January 2, 1886. The galaxy lies approximately 133 million light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 13.1 in the visual band. NGC 1158 has...
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    NGC 1155 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886. The galaxy is classified as type...
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    NGC 144 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). The galaxy was discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. "NED results for object NGC 0144"...
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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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    30 May 1886. One supernova has been observed in NGC 6676: SN 2023txu (type Ia, mag 18.96) was discovered by ATLAS on 3 October 2023. List of NGC objects...
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    NGC 478 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is located approximately 283 million light-years from Earth and was discovered in 1886 by astronomer...
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    discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 8 April 1886. One supernova has been observed in NGC 5314: SN 2023eyz (type Ia, mag. 20.4) was discovered...
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    of which lack hard boundaries. NGC 17 and NGC 34 were catalogued by Frank Muller and Lewis Swift, respectively, in 1886. A difference of half a degree...
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    NGC 555 is a lenticular galaxy located around 479 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 555 was discovered in 1886 by the American...
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    was discovered in 1886 by astronomer Ormond Stone, known for his work cataloging celestial objects in the southern hemisphere. NGC 3776 has a visual magnitude...
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    42.2 ± 3.0 Mpc (∼138 million light-year). NGC 638 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift in 1886. Only Professor Seligman classifies this...
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    constellation of Capricornus. The main galaxy, NGC 7035 was discovered by astronomer Frank Muller in 1886. Arp 272 List of NGC objects (7001–7840) "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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    American astronomer Frank Muller in 1886. NGC 7808 is an active Seyfert 1 galaxy. One supernova has been observed in NGC 7808: SN 2023qnz (type Ia, mag 20...
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    NGC 285 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 2, 1886, by Francis Leavenworth. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database"...
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    Mpc (~245 million ly). NGC 747 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886. The luminosity class of NGC 747 is II and it has a broad...
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    observed by Lewis Swift on 21 October 1886, and later listed as NGC 1235. Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 1233: SN 2009lj (type Ic, mag. 19) was...
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    of 161 ± 11 Mpc (~525 million ly). NGC 3290 was discovered by American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1886. NGC 3290 is cataloged in the Arp catalog...
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    4.4 Mpc (~205 million ly). NGC 948 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift in 1886. The luminosity class of NGC 948 is III and it has a broad...
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    NGC 179 is a lenticular galaxy located 3.3 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth...
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    NGC 47 (also known as NGC 58, MCG -1-1-55, IRAS00119-0726 and PGC 967) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus, discovered in 1886 by Ernst...
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    NGC 6122 is a spiral galaxy located around 484 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. NGC 6122 was discovered on May 6, 1886 by...
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    NGC 143 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered by Frank Muller in 1886. NGC 143 på SEDS NGC 143 på NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 283
    NGC 283 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 2, 1886, by Francis Leavenworth. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database"...
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    NGC 1218 is a lenticular galaxy in Cetus that hosts the radio source 3C 78. It was discovered in 1886 by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. It is located...
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    Stone in 1886 and is an outlying member of the Hydra Cluster. List of NGC objects (3001–4000) "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3369. Retrieved...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 332
    NGC 332 is a compact and/or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on October 22, 1886, by Lewis Swift. It was described by Dreyer...
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    discovered in 1886 by Frank Muller. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0177. Retrieved 2016-09-02. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 150 - 199"...
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    discovered on December 21, 1886 by the astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and has a diameter of 56,000 light-years. NGC 1110 is not known to have...
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