NGC 6166 is an elliptical galaxy in the Abell 2199 cluster. It lies 490 million light years away in the constellation Hercules. The primary galaxy in the...
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NGC 6166 has the richest globular cluster system, with 39 000 globular clusters. Other galaxies with rich globular cluster systems are NGC 4874, NGC 4889...
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extent of enriching the intracluster medium. List of NGC objects (5001–6000) NGC 6166 NGC 4889 NGC 6051 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α...
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right/bottom): NGC 7541, NGC 3021, NGC 5643, NGC 3254, NGC 3147, NGC 105, NGC 2608, NGC 3583, NGC 3147, MRK 1337, NGC 5861, NGC 2525, NGC 1015, UGC 9391, NGC 691...
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brightest cluster galaxy NGC 6166, a cD galaxy. Abell 2199 is the definition of a Bautz-Morgan type I cluster due to NGC 6166. Hercules (Chinese astronomy)...
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This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
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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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Possible examples include the black holes at the cores of TON 618, NGC 6166, ESO 444-46 and NGC 4889, which are among the most massive black holes known. Some...
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brightest within Caldwell Objects in the constellation Coma Berenices NGC 6086 NGC 6166 Perseus A QSO 0957, the first identified gravitationally lensed object...
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List of NGC objects (6001–7000) NGC 6166, A giant elliptical galaxy in the center of Abell 2199 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6158...
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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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center of NGC 5910 and classified as a type Ia. List of NGC objects (5001–6000) NGC 6166 NGC 5910 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray...
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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 6331 is a type E elliptical galaxy located in the Ursa Minor constellation. It is located 737 million light-years from the Solar System and was discovered...
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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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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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NGC 6397 (also known as Caldwell 86) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ara that was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille...
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bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188. NGC 6188 is a star forming...
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Butterfly Cluster (redirect from NGC 6405)
The Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name...
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Messier 13 (redirect from NGC 6205)
Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules...
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NGC 6231 (also known as Caldwell 76 or the Baby Scorpion Cluster) is an open cluster in the southern sky located half a degrees north of Zeta Scorpii...
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NGC 6316 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its Shapley-Sawyer Concentration Class is III, meaning that it has a "strong inner...
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Messier 23 (redirect from NGC 6494)
Messier 23, also known as NGC 6494, is an open cluster of stars in the northwest of the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles...
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NGC 6309, also known as the Box Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by the German astronomer Wilhelm...
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NGC 6440 is a globular cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It discovered by German-English astronomer William Herschel on 28...
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from Earth. NGC 6342 is classified as metal-rich, yet has only one generation of stars. List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects NGC 6366 Messier...
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bright, with about 125 stars visible. "NGC 6124". SEDS NGC Online. Retrieved 2011-01-13. "Results for NGC 6124". NGC/IC Project. Archived from the original...
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