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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Centaurus A (redirect from NGC 5128)
Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James...
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NGC 5882, is towards the center of the constellation. The transiting exoplanet Lupus-TR-3b lies in this constellation. The historic supernova SN 1006...
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restless luminous blue variable in NGC 3432", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 408 (1): 181–198, arXiv:1006.0504, Bibcode:2010MNRAS.408..181P...
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Messier 81 (redirect from NGC 3031)
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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Messier 7 (the Ptolemy Cluster), NGC 6231 (by ζ² Sco), and the globular clusters Messier 4 and Messier 80. Messier 80 (NGC 6093) is a globular cluster of...
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NGC 4262 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Coma Berenices. NGC 4262 is a small and compact barred lenticular galaxy with a high surface...
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NGC 7772 is collection of stars in the constellation Pegasus that were thought to be an open cluster. The stars were first recorded on 7 October 1825...
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Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 1978 and 419". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 408 (1): 522–534. arXiv:1006.3121. Bibcode:2010MNRAS.408...
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The known history of supernova observation goes back to 1006 AD. All earlier proposals for supernova observations are speculations with many alternatives...
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Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from NGC 224)
originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a D25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152...
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astronomers become the first to record observations of a supernova, SN 185. 1006 – SN 1006, a magnitude −7.5 supernova in the constellation of Lupus, is observed...
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Messier 92 (redirect from NGC 6341)
Messier 92 (also known as M92, M 92, or NGC 6341) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Hercules. It was discovered by Johann...
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Bruce A.; Tyson, Neil D. (1985). "UVBY Photometry of Blue Stragglers in NGC 7789". Astronomical Journal 90: 1247. doi:10.1086/113833. Tyson, Neil D.;...
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1 August 2011. Ardeberg, A.; de Groot, M. (1973). "The 1972 supernova in NGC 5253. Photometric results from the first observing season". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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September 2010). "NGC 765 - a disturbed HI giant". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 407 (3): 1674–1688. arXiv:1006.3273. Bibcode:2010MNRAS...
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NGC 7418 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Grus. It is located at a distance of circa 60 million light-years from Earth, which...
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NGC 1428 is a peculiar galaxy of an uncertain morphology; either an elliptical or lenticular galaxy located approximately 65 million light-years away...
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Orion, also known as the Orion Nebula. The New General Catalogue object NGC 42, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. In January 2004, asteroid...
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412 (3): 1419–1440. arXiv:1006.4611. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.412.1419L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18158.x. S2CID 118430231. "NGC 634". SIMBAD. Centre de données...
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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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expansion rate of the Universe (Hubble constant). Indeed, the open cluster NGC 7790 hosts three classical Cepheids which are critical for such efforts....
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arXiv:1006.5200. Bibcode:2010ApJ...719..104D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/719/1/104. S2CID 118340631. Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 5617. NGC 5617...
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Galaxies in the NGC 3109 association are moving away too rapidly to be consistent with expectations in the ΛCDM model. In this framework, NGC 3109 is too...
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John Herschel. The French astronomer Abbé Lacaille listed NGC 104, NGC 4833, M 55, M 69, and NGC 6397 in his 1751–1752 catalogue. The low resolution of early...
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(2010). "The Cepheids of Centaurus A (NGC 5128) and Implications for H0". Acta Astronomica. 60 (2): 121. arXiv:1006.2458. Bibcode:2010AcA....60..121M. De...
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Cepheid variable distance scale and direct geometric distance measurements to NGC 4258 from the dynamics of maser emission when combined with the Hubble diagram...
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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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of this guest star in a note at the bottom of the page as being "close to NGC 1952", one of the names for the Crab Nebula, but it does not seem to create...
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made up of dark matter. In 2003, however, four galaxies (NGC 821, NGC 3379, NGC 4494, and NGC 4697) were found to have little to no dark matter influencing...
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