Maia (star) (redirect from NGC 1432)
by one of the brighter reflection nebulae within the Pleiades, designated NGC 1432 and sometimes called the Maia Nebula. The name Maia originates with...
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star. Within the constellation's borders lie NGC 2419, an unusually remote globular cluster; the galaxy NGC 2770, which has hosted three recent Type Ib...
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Persei (NGC 884) and h Persei (NGC 869) as well as the star clusters NGC 654, NGC 663, NGC 581 (Messier 103), NGC 457, NGC 225, NGC 7788, NGC 7790, NGC 7789...
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445 (4): 3466–3474. arXiv:1409.1214. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.445.3466S. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1817. S2CID 44006240. "Detailed Information for Object NGC 6872"....
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NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy about 75 million light years away in the constellation Sextans. It has the morphological classification SA(s)a pec, which...
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been found to host planets. A few notable galaxies, including Crater 2 and NGC 3981, and a famous quasar lie within the borders of the constellation. In...
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surrounded by NGC 1977 one of a smaller fainter group of named nebulae just north of the Orion Nebula. c Ori is the star which excites and illuminates NGC 1977...
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NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans, discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on March 16...
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NGC 3009 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is about 35 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 4,445...
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Tau Canis Majoris (category NGC 2362)
brightest member of the open cluster NGC 2362. τ Canis Majoris lies at the center of the very young open cluster NGC 2362 which contains several hundred...
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NGC 3486 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 27.4 million light years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has a morphological...
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massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
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It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3006, NGC 3008, and a few others. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc...
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magnitude companion. All these stars are likely members of open cluster NGC 1980 which includes ι Orionis 7' away. At over 15 solar masses, it shines...
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NGC 3301, also known as NGC 3760, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo. Its apparent magnitude in the V-band is 11.1. It was first observed...
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light-years from the Sun. It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3006, and a few others. Among these galaxies...
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arcsecond. USS Almaack (AKA-10) was the name of United States navy ship. NGC 752 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction",...
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E. (2014). "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog". Nature. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Takeda, Yoichi; Tajitsu...
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et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466–3471, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920....
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massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
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The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466–3471. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. ISSN 0004-6256. Herbig...
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Washington Visual Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia...
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NGC 3302 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia. It was discovered by the astronomer John Herschel on January 28, 1835. "NGC 3302"...
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is used for LBVs. S Doradus is the brightest member of the open cluster NGC 1910, also known as the LH41 stellar association, visible in binoculars as...
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300 light years away. It is the brightest member of the faint open cluster NGC 6193, part of the Ara OB1 association. HD 150136 is listed in the Washington...
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50; in 1940, Oort discovered and wrote about the large non-visible halo of NGC 3115. The hypothesis of dark matter largely took root in the 1970s. Several...
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The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Kholopov, P. N.; Samus'...
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3 Monocerotis (redirect from NGC 2142)
I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry...
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be somewhere between 1 and 3 million years old. It lies at the centre of NGC 1999 and is the primary source lighting up this and other nebulae in the...
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