NGC 2903 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, positioned about 1.5° due south of Lambda Leonis. It was discovered...
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NGC 2509 is an open cluster in the constellation of Puppis. It was discovered on 3 December 1783 by William Herschel. It was described as "bright, pretty...
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5 million light-years – distance to the Andromeda Galaxy 30.8568 Zm – 3.2616 million light-years – 1 megaparsec 40 Zm – 4.2 million light-years – distance...
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NGC 2800, also known as PGC 26302, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered February 17, 1831 by William Herschel. Skrutskie...
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NGC 2950 is a lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and receding with a heliocentric...
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open cluster in the constellation Auriga The New General Catalogue object NGC 38, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces Thirty-eight is also: The...
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Of Black Holes. Relativistic Astrophysics Conference. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.51.2616. Campanelli, Manuela; Lousto, Carlos; Zlochower, Yosef; Merritt, David (7...
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Constellation Vela Right ascension 09h 30m 41.99958s Declination −40° 28′ 00.2616″ Apparent magnitude (V) +3.58 (3.91 + 5.12) Characteristics Spectral type...
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cosmic objects and systems including references to NGC 2392 as "the Eskimo Nebula" and NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 as the "Siamese Twins Galaxy". 10 August The...
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NGC 2803, also known as PCG 26181, is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the zodiac constellation Cancer. It was discovered March 21, 1784, by William...
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of exactly one arcsecond as observed from Earth's orbit. It is equal to 3.2616 light-years or 206,265 astronomical units. The word "parsec" is a portmanteau...
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periastron". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421 (3): 2616. arXiv:1201.1043. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.421.2616N. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012...
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588 (7836): 95–100. Bibcode:2020Natur.588...95C. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2616-y. hdl:11093/1616. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 32814903. S2CID 221179212. "Alaska's...
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