NGC 9 is a spiral galaxy about 140 million light-years away in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on 27 September 1865 by Otto Wilhelm von Struve...
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Messier object M9 is a magnitude 9.0 globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. The New General Catalogue object NGC 9, a spiral galaxy in the constellation...
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NGC 2936 is an interacting spiral galaxy located at a distance of 326 million light years, in the constellation Hydra. NGC 2936 is interacting with elliptical...
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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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Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula") and...
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Virgo II Groups (redirect from NGC 4030 Group)
4699 NGC 4700 NGC 4722 NGC 4742 NGC 4781 NGC 4790 NGC 4802 NGC 4818 NGC 4753 Group: NGC 4636 NGC 4643 NGC 4688 NGC 4691 NGC 4753 NGC 4771 NGC 4772 NGC 4808...
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editors giving it a perfect 10 score, and the remaining pair giving it a 9, resulting in a score of 38 out of 40. The reviewers felt that the new controls...
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Leo II Groups (redirect from NGC 3166 Group)
2604 NGC 3381 NGC 3395 NGC 3396 NGC 3424 NGC 3430 NGC 3442 NGC 3504 Group NGC 3380 NGC 3400 NGC 3414 NGC 3418 NGC 3451 NGC 3504 NGC 3512 UGC 5921 NGC 3607...
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fluctuations reveal that NGC 1419 is approximately 22.9 ± 0.9 Mpc away. The measurements using planetary nebulae confirm that NGC 1419 is a member of the...
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This is a list of NGC objects 5001–6000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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This is a list of NGC objects 4001–5000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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Antennae Galaxies (redirect from NGC 4038/9)
The Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038/NGC 4039 or Caldwell 60/Caldwell 61) are a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus. They...
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distance of 80.9 ± 5.7 Mpc (∼264 million ly). NGC 5504 was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1880. The luminosity class of NGC 5504 is II-III...
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been observed surrounding NGC 1396, along with a central nuclear star cluster with an estimated mass of 9.6 × 106 M☉. NGC 1396 has a metallicity of [Fe/H]∼...
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NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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NGC 7716 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,201 ± 26 km/s...
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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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This is a list of NGC objects 3001–4000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5194)
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the...
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This is a list of NGC objects 7001–7840 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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disruption of NGC 5091. NGC 5090 is an elliptical galaxy while NGC 5091 is a barred spiral galaxy. The radial velocity of the nucleus of NGC 5090 has been...
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NGC 4325 is an elliptical galaxy located about 330 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest...
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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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This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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the Milky Way, and has an estimated mass of (2.9 ± 0.2) × 1010 M☉. NGC 300 and the irregular galaxy NGC 55 have traditionally been identified as members...
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Helix Nebula (redirect from NGC 7293)
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding...
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NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years...
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NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies or Siamese Twins) are a set of unbarred spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away in the...
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NGC 6820 is a small reflection nebula near the open cluster NGC 6823 in Vulpecula. The reflection nebula and cluster are embedded in a large faint emission...
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