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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is the prototype. In 1944 Walter Baade confirmed dwarf ellipticals NGC 147 and NGC 185 as members of the Local Group by resolving them into individual...
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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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IRAS 06076-2139. Interacting galaxies NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 both located 55 million light-years away. Galaxy NGC 6052 merging into a single structure....
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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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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 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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Constellation Eridanus Right ascension 04h 11m 51.93956s Declination −06° 50′ 15.2864″ Apparent magnitude (V) 4.04 Characteristics Spectral type F0 III U−B color...
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shell galaxies similar to NGC 7600 in the cold dark matter cosmogony". Astrophysical Journal Letters. 743 (1): L21. arXiv:1111.2864. Bibcode:2011ApJ...743L...
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