• Thumbnail for NGC 3557
    including NGC 3533, NGC 3557B, NGC 3564, NGC 3568 and NGC 3573. NGC 3557 (right), NGC 3564 (lower-left), and NGC 3568 (upper-left). List of NGC objects...
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    Lemon Slice Nebula (redirect from IC 3568)
    Refractor the next night. IC 3568 was misclassified as a compact galaxy in the Uppsala General Catalogue, as UGC 7731. NGC 40 (the Bow-Tie Nebula in Cepheus)...
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    NGC 3949 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 50 million light-years away from the Earth. It was discovered by...
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    NGC 3877 is a type Sc spiral galaxy that was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788. It is located below the magnitude 3.7 star Chi Ursae...
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    In 1782, William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus, found the Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) and described it as "A curious nebula, or what else to call it I do...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3607
    NGC 3607 is a small but fairly bright lenticular galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, about 2.5° south of the prominent star Delta Leonis. The...
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    mean temperature of kT ~ 2.0 keV. NGC 3267 NGC 3568 NGC 3258 NGC 3269 NGC 3271 NGC 3258A NGC 3258B NGC 3260 NGC 3268 NGC 3273 Coma Cluster Eridanus Cluster...
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    NGC 3686 is a spiral galaxy that forms with three other spiral galaxies, NGCs 3681, 3684, and 3691, a quartet of galaxies in the Leo constellation. It...
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  • Catalogue NGC Other designation Date discovered Distance (kly) Apparent magnitude (visual) Constellation Glowing Eye Nebula or Dandelion Puffball Nebula NGC 6751...
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    estimated at 2059 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 3568 K. S Apodis is a rare R Coronae Borealis variable, an extremely hydrogen-deficient...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3938
    NGC 3938 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by William Herschel. It is one of the brightest...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3593
    NGC 3593 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It has a morphological classification of SA(s)0/a, which indicates it is a lenticular...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3599
    NGC 3599 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 14, 1784. The galaxy is located at a...
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    threatened environments". BioScience. 51 (10): 807–815. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0807:MFOOTW]2.0.CO;2. Turschwell, Mischa P.; Tulloch, Vivitskaia...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3818
    NGC 3818 is an elliptical galaxy in the Constellation Virgo. It is at a distance of about 118 million light-years away from Earth. In the center of NGC...
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  • 19475+3119 IRAS 20324+4057 Kronberger 61 M1-92 NGC 6826 NGC 6881 NGC 6884 NGC 7008 NGC 7026 NGC 7027 NGC 7048 Soap Bubble Nebula WR Crescent Nebula SNR...
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    potential". Physical Review D. 14 (12): 3568–3573. Bibcode:1976PhRvD..14.3568S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.14.3568. Frampton, Paul H. (22 November 1976). "Vacuum...
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    transient Swift J164449.3+573451". Nature. 476 (7361): 425–428. arXiv:1106.3568. Bibcode:2011Natur.476..425Z. doi:10.1038/nature10366. PMID 21866155. S2CID 205226085...
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    71 (9): 894–898. doi:10.1093/biosci/biab079. hdl:1808/30278. ISSN 0006-3568. "Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an...
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  • SN 2009ip was a supernova discovered in 2009 in the spiral galaxy NGC 7259 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus. Since the brightness waned after...
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