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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Astrophysical Journal. 579 (2): 530–544. Bibcode:2002ApJ...579..530W. doi:10.1086/342878. Media related to NGC 3362 at Wikimedia Commons NGC 3362 on WikiSky:...
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NGC 1320 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,620 ± 15 km/s, which corresponds...
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NGC 3982 (also known as UGC 6918) is an intermediate spiral galaxy approximately 68 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered...
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Messier 61 (redirect from NGC 4303)
Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 4303". The Astrophysical Journal. 579 (2): 545–553. Bibcode:2002ApJ...579..545C. doi:10.1086/342839. hdl:10261/191615...
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NGC 7222 is a large barred spiral galaxy with a ring structure, located in the constellation Aquarius. It is located 570 million light-years away from...
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NGC 935 and IC 1801 are a pair of interacting galaxies within the Aries constellation. They were discovered on 18 September 1885 by Lewis Swift. NGC 935...
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NGC 7674 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of about 350 million light years from Earth, which, given...
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arXiv:astro-ph/0207249. Bibcode:2002ApJ...579..530W. doi:10.1086/342878. Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 4869. NGC 4869 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX...
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Messier 105 (redirect from NGC 3379)
Messier 105 or M105, also known as NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy 36.6 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Leo. It is the biggest...
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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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a member of the NGC 4065 Group. NGC 4074 is classified as a type 2 Seyfert galaxy. It was first identified as a Seyfert in 1978. NGC 4074 has a supermassive...
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NGC 5614 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It is the primary member of the Arp 178 triplet of interacting galaxies with NGC 5613...
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Messier 59 (redirect from NGC 4621)
Messier 59 or M59, also known as NGC 4621, is an elliptical galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster, with...
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NGC 672 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Triangulum, positioned around 2° to the southwest of the star Alpha Trianguli. The original...
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though NGC 869 is a Shapley class f and NGC 884 is a Shapley class e cluster. These classifications indicate that they are both quite rich (dense); NGC 869...
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560 (2): 566–579, arXiv:astro-ph/0011456, Bibcode:2001ApJ...560..566K, doi:10.1086/322488, S2CID 119420446. "NED results for object NGC 5490", NASA/IPAC...
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with a 6 ft refractor. Along with NGC 1386, he also discovered the nearby galaxies NGC 1381, NGC 1382, NGC 1389, and NGC 1428. The publication of their discovery...
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NGC 5929 is a well-studied Seyfert galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on May 13, 1828. In the revised...
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Star clusters NGC 5925 NGC 5999 NGC 6005 NGC 6031 NGC 6067 NGC 6087 NGC 6115 NGC 6134 NGC 6152 NGC 6167 NGC 6169...
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Messier 67 (redirect from NGC 2682)
Messier 67 (also known as M67 or NGC 2682) and sometimes called the King Cobra Cluster or the Golden Eye Cluster is an open cluster in the southern, equatorial...
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NGC 4312 is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer...
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NGC 634 is a spiral galaxy, lying at a distance of 217.1 megalight-years away from the Milky Way in the northern constellation of Triangulum. This object...
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NGC 4589 is an elliptical galaxy located in the Draco constellation. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on November 22, 1797...
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Crab Nebula (redirect from NGC 1952)
The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...
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Messier 87 (redirect from NGC 4486)
Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains...
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stars in NGC 5053 and NGC 5634, two globular clusters associated with the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy?", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 579: 12, arXiv:1505...
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NGC 5930 is a starburst galaxy in the constellation Boötes that is interacting with the nearby Seyfert galaxy NGC 5929. 5930 has a morphological classification...
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NGC 7312 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 7911 ± 26 km/s, which...
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NGC 4041 is the New General Catalogue identifier for a spiral galaxy in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is located an estimated...
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