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    NGC 2523 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 168 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. NGC 2523 was discovered in 1885 by...
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    approximate diameter of 130,000 light-years. NGC 2491 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on November 15, 1885. Swift described it as extremely faint...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 262
    NGC 262 (also known as Markarian 348) is a spiral galaxy in the cluster LGG 14. It is a Seyfert 2 spiral galaxy located 287 million light years away in...
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    Leavenworth in 1885. It is also known as MCG-04-05-002 or PGC 6062, although in SIMBAD its New General Catalogue designation is not recognized. List of NGC objects...
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    observed it again in 1885, leading to its double listing in the New General Catalogue. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0021. Retrieved...
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    celestial equator, and it was discovered on October 17, 1885, by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. NGC 1100 is not known to have much star formation, and is...
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    August 1885. One supernova has been observed in NGC 1086: SN 2023rix (type II, mag 18.2). NGC 1086 is the largest galaxy of the four member NGC 1086 Group...
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    NGC 3908 is one of the furthest NGC objects.[citation needed] It is an elliptical galaxy located 1.2 billion light-years away in the Leo constellation...
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    NGC 5820, NGC 5821, NGC 5874, NGC 5905, NGC 5908, and UGC 9759. List of NGC objects (5001–6000) "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 5876...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 730
    NGC 730 is a star located in the Pisces constellation discovered on 7 November 1885, appearing around the celestial equator being partially visible to...
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    Edward Swift (father) on 9 May 1885 and later double listed by Lewis Swift (son) two days later on 11 May 1885 as NGC 5503. They gave descriptions "between...
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  • Thumbnail for New General Catalogue
    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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    in the NGC catalogue under the designation NGC 3110. Finally, the American astronomer Ormond Stone also observed this galaxy on December 31, 1885, and this...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4526
    NGC 4526 (also listed as NGC 4560) is a lenticular galaxy with an embedded dusty disc, located approximately 55 million light-years from the Solar System...
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    discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 6 April 1885. According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 5260 is a Seyfert II galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like...
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    2, 1885. NGC 6622 interacts with NGC 6621, with their closest approach having taken place about 100 million years before the moment seen now. NGC 6622...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1819
    NGC 1819 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered on December 26, 1885, by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. This galaxy...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 51
    NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a diameter of 90,000 light-years. The galaxy was discovered on September 7, 1885...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 209
    discovered on October 9, 1885, by Francis Leavenworth. List of NGC objects (1–1000) "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 0209. Retrieved 2016-09-02...
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    NGC 529, NGC 531, and NGC 536, it forms the Hickson Compact Group 10, abbreviated HCG 10. It was discovered by Irish astronomer R.J. Mitchell in 1885...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 19
    NGC 19 is a spiral galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. It was discovered by Lewis Swift on 20 September 1885. It is often incorrectly listed as a duplicate...
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    on September 7, 1885. NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Seligman, Courtney. "NGC 49 (= PGC 952)"...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 935 and IC 1801
    NGC 935 and IC 1801 are a pair of interacting galaxies within the Aries constellation. They were discovered on 18 September 1885 by Lewis Swift. NGC 935...
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    comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 112
    NGC 112 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on September 17, 1885. The...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 377
    NGC 377 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on October 15, 1885, by Francis Leavenworth. It was described by Dreyer...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 363
    NGC 363 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on November 28, 1885 by Francis Leavenworth. It was described by Dreyer as...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5253
    NGC 5253 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 15 March 1787. NGC 5253 is located within the...
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