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    NGC 704 is a lenticular galaxy located 220 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel...
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    NGC 1491, also known as LBN 704, SH2-206 or the Fossil Footprint Nebula, is an emission type bright nebula located about 9,800 light years away from Earth...
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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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    Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from NGC 598)
    Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74 kiloparsecs...
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    Messier 94 (redirect from NGC 4736)
    Messier 94 (also known as NGC 4736, Cat's Eye Galaxy, Crocodile Eye Galaxy, or Croc's Eye Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the mid-northern constellation...
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    M96 Group (redirect from NGC 3379 Group)
    et al. The Leo Triplet, which includes the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628, is located physically near the M96 Group. Some group identification...
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    globular cluster NGC 6366", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476: 690–704, arXiv:1801.09968, doi:10.1093/mnras/sty267 "NGC 6366 (= GCL 65)"...
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    Messier 72 (redirect from NGC 6981)
    Astrophysics, 481 (3): 701–704, arXiv:0801.4511, Bibcode:2008A&A...481..701S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20079082, S2CID 3088769 "NGC 6981". SIMBAD. Centre de...
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    Messier 55 (redirect from NGC 6809)
    Messier 55 (also known as M55, NGC 6809, or Specter Cluster) is a globular cluster in the south of the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by...
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    Cluster. NGC 4294 appears to be undergoing ram-pressure stripping edge-on. NGC 4294 hosts many H II regions. NGC 4294 appears to be in a pair with NGC 4299...
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    the cluster lies NGC 1399. Other cluster members include NGC 1316 (the group's brightest galaxy), NGC 1365, NGC 1427A, NGC 1427 and NGC 1404. Fornax can...
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    Messier 68 (redirect from NGC 4590)
    Messier 68 (also known as M68 or NGC 4590) is a globular cluster found in the east south-east of Hydra, away from its precisely equatorial part. It was...
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    are NGC 3893, NGC 3896, NGC 3906, NGC 3928, NGC 3949, NGC 3985, and NGC 4010. It may be also kinematically related with the smaller galaxies NGC 3769...
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    above components include: NGC 2366-I, NGC 2366-II, NGC 2366-III, NGC2366-A, NGC 2366-B, NGC 2366-C, NGC 2363-A, NGC 2363-B. NGC 2366 is an outlying member...
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    a LVC (Low Velocity Cloud) subclump, centered on the large spiral galaxy NGC 4216. Notably, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 contains a supermassive black...
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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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    (April 1996). "The elliptical globular cluster system of NGC 720". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 308: 704–712. Bibcode:1996A&A...308..704K. Forbes, Duncan A.;...
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    2003), "Chandra Observations of NGC 4698: A Seyfert 2 Galaxy with No Absorption", The Astrophysical Journal, 594 (2): 704–708, arXiv:astro-ph/0305488, Bibcode:2003ApJ...
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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 Sagittarius The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor The...
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    NGC 3384 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Leo. The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel in 1784 as part of the Herschel 400 Catalogue...
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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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  • Thumbnail for SN 2008ax
    a helium-rich type Ib core-collapse supernova in the interacting galaxy NGC 4490. It was independently discovered on 3 March 2008 by LOSS and 4 March...
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    index 0.58 Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv) +6.9 km/s Proper motion (μ) RA: −704.702 mas/yr Dec.: +292.155 mas/yr Parallax (π) 118.0266 ± 0.1530 mas Distance...
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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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  • 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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    binaries: The disappearance of N6946-BH1 following a failed supernova in NGC 6946 may have resulted in the formation of a black hole. Black holes in fiction...
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    star at the center of R136, the central concentration of stars of the large NGC 2070 open cluster in the Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) in the Large Magellanic...
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    coastal Labrador communities. In 2017 PAL Airlines, Innu Development LP, and NGC Nunatsiavut established Air Borealis through a merger of Innu Mikun Airlines...
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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. Fifty-nine...
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