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    the core. 171,000 light-years in diameter, NGC 673 is 235 million light-years from Earth. NGC 678 and NGC 680 are a pair of galaxies in Aries that are...
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    2008). "Radio Continuum Jet in NGC 7479". The Astrophysical Journal. 673 (1): 128–142. arXiv:0709.4476. Bibcode:2008ApJ...673..128L. doi:10.1086/523960. S2CID 13368749...
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  • 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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    Messier 88 (redirect from NGC 4501)
    Messier 88 (also known as M88 or NGC 4501) is a spiral galaxy about 50 to 60 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices....
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    Edge-On Spiral NGC 4217". The Astronomical Journal. 128 (2): 662–673. Bibcode:2004AJ....128..662T. doi:10.1086/422485. Media related to NGC 4217 at Wikimedia...
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    Messier 108 (redirect from NGC 3556)
    Messier 108 (also known as NGC 3556, nicknamed the Surfboard Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy about 28 million light-years away from Earth in the northern...
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    Messier 98 (redirect from NGC 4192)
    Messier 98, M98 or NGC 4192, is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 44.4 million light-years away in slightly northerly Coma Berenices, about 6° to the...
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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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  • interpretation argue that VIRGOHI21 is simply a tidal tail of the nearby galaxy NGC 4254. VIRGOHI21 was detected through radio telescope observations of its...
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  • California State Historic Landmark #881[citation needed] In astronomy, NGC 881 is an Sc type galaxy in the constellation Cetus. A bilingual play on...
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    the presence of liquid water. Recent observations of the planetary nebula NGC 6302 show evidence for carbonates in space, where aqueous alteration similar...
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  • what it was and why it exerted such a massive gravitational pull on galaxy NGC 4254. After years of ruling out other possible explanations, some have concluded...
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    first extrasolar planet found in the open cluster NGC 2423, was discovered around the red giant star NGC 2423-3. The planet is at least 10.6 times the mass...
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    supernovae have been observed in the galaxy, and NGC 5962 has two satellite galaxies. Slightly fainter is NGC 5921, a barred spiral galaxy with a LINER-type...
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    Cloud, which includes NGC 6729 SL 41 LDN 43 (Cosmic Bat Nebula) LDN 193 LDN 206 LDN 208 LDN 535 LDN 615 LDN 621 LDN 624 LDN 673 LDN 688 and LDN 687 LDN...
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    661–673, Bibcode:1977A&A....54..661T. "NGC 4178". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2015-12-03. Seligman, Courtney, "NGC 4178"...
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  • elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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  • cluster in the constellation Capricornus The New General Catalogue object NGC 30, a double star in the constellation Pegasus Thirty is: Used (as –30–)...
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    were discovered in the very young region NGC 2024, two of which have been photoevaporated by a B star. The NGC 2024 proplyds are significant because they...
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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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  • cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 82, a single star in the constellation Andromeda. Eighty-two is also: The...
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  • in the constellation of Sagittarius; 69 Hesperia is a main-belt asteroid. NGC 69 is the designation given to a barred lenticular galaxy located in the...
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    11.5 galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 59, a magnitude 12.4 spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Beethoven's...
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  • open cluster in the constellation Cancer. The New General Catalogue object NGC 67, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. "Car 67", a song...
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  • cluster in the constellation Sagittarius The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor The...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices The New General Catalogue object NGC 91, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Ninety-one is also: The...
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  • lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo The New General Catalogue object NGC 84, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Eighty-four is also: The...
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    Kris; Grammer, Skyler H. (January 2019). "Luminous and Variable Stars in NGC 2403 and M81". The Astronomical Journal. 157 (1): 22. arXiv:1811.06559. Bibcode:2019AJ...
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  • constellation Lyra, also known as the Ring Nebula The New General Catalogue object NGC 57, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Passenger 57, a film...
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