• 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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    Omega Centauri (redirect from NGC 5139)
    Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object...
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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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    XMM-Newton view of the young open cluster NGC 6231. I. The catalogue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 454 (3): 1047–1063. arXiv:astro-ph/0603783. Bibcode:2006A&A...
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    "Characterising LMC Star cluster NGC 2004". AIP Conference Proceedings. 2075 (1): 090005. Bibcode:2019AIPC.2075i0005N. doi:10.1063/1.5091219. S2CID 126858905...
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    Cases of AWM 4 and NGC 5044". AIP Conference Proceedings. 1201. AIP: 237–240. arXiv:0909.0600. Bibcode:2009AIPC.1201..237G. doi:10.1063/1.3293045. Schombert...
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    4697, NGC 4674, NGC 4700, NGC 4731, NGC 4742, NGC 4775, NGC 4781, NGC 4784, NGC 4790, NGC 4813, NGC 4948 and NGC 4958. It belongs to the Virgo II groups...
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    Hickson 44 group NGC 3259, also a strong source of X-rays NGC 3783, also a strong source of X-rays NGC 3982, also a starburst galaxy NGC 4151, which has...
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    NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy about 75 million light years away in the constellation Sextans. It has the morphological classification SA(s)a pec, which...
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  • to exist in the interstellar medium. Its first detection, in the nebula NGC 7027, was reported in an article published in the journal Nature in April...
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    Bibcode:2008AIPC.1053...43M. doi:10.1063/1.3009521. González-Martín, O.; et al. (March 2011). "Suzaku observation of the LINER NGC 4102". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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    galaxies that forms the group are NGC 79, NGC 81, NGC 83, NGC 85, NGC 86, Arp 65 (NGC 90 and NGC 93, NGC 94, NGC 96, IC 1542 and IC 1546. According to astronomers...
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  • 200 planetary nebulae, including Minkowski 2-9, and a dwarf galaxy near NGC 541, known as Minkowski's object, is named after him. Minkowski, R (1960)...
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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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    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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    Dorado Group (redirect from NGC 1566 Group)
    2049, NGC 1536, IC 2058, IC 2032, NGC 1602, NGC 1581, IC 2085, NGC 1522, PGC 15149, NGC 1556, NGC 1527, NGC 1494, NGC 1493, PGC 14416, IC 2000, NGC 1483...
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  • massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
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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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    Yervant (1999). "Hubble Space Telescope Measurements of the Expansion of NGC 6543: Parallax Distance and Nebular Evolution". Astronomical Journal. 118...
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    NGC 1140 is an irregular galaxy in the southern constellation of Eridanus. Estimates made using the Tully–Fisher method put the galaxy at about 59 million...
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  • lines. Galaxies observed as part of this study included NGC 1068, NGC 4151, NGC 3516, and NGC 7469. Active galaxies such as these are known as Seyfert...
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    Black Hole Accretion Disk in NGC 4258: One of Nature's Most Beautiful Dynamical Systems". ASP Conf. Ser. 395: 87. arXiv:0804.1063. Bibcode:2008ASPC..395.....
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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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    belongs to the NGC 1275 group, which is part of the Perseus Cluster. Other members include NGC 1224, NGC 1267, NGC 1270, NGC 1273, NGC 1277, NGC 1279, IC 288...
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    Properties of 21 SC Galaxies With a Large Range of Luminosities and Radii, From NGC 4605 (R=4kpc) to UGC 2885 (R=122kpc)". The Astrophysical Journal. 238: 471ff...
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    not prominent. Notable features include the open cluster NGC 6025 and planetary nebula NGC 5979. The Great Attractor, the gravitational center of the...
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    been found to host planets. A few notable galaxies, including Crater 2 and NGC 3981, and a famous quasar lie within the borders of the constellation. In...
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    Bradley, Paul A. (2009). "The SH0ES Project: Observations of Cepheids in NGC 4258 and Type Ia SN Hosts". AIP Conference Proceedings. Stellar Pulsation:...
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    degenerate companion star. In particular, the light curve of SN1972e in NGC 5253, which was observed for more than a year, was followed long enough to...
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    10011. Bibcode:2023AstL...49..501M. doi:10.1134/S1063773723090037. ISSN 1063-7737. Toalá, Jesús A.; González-Martín, Omaira; Sacchi, Andrea; Vasquez-Torres...
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