• Thumbnail for NGC 419
    NGC 419 is a globular cluster located approximately 57,000 pc (190,000 ly) from Earth in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on September 2, 1826...
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    May 2007. Maíz Apellániz, J. (2019). "Gaia DR2 distances to Collinder 419 and NGC 2264 and new astrometric orbits for HD 193 322 Aa,Ab and 15 Mon Aa,Ab"...
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    "The ionization mechanism of NGC 185: How to fake a Seyfert galaxy?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419 (4): 3159–3166. arXiv:1110...
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  • Thumbnail for Veil Nebula
    Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
    as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula") and...
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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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    High-resolution spectroscopy of the SMC globular clusters NGC 121, NGC 339, and NGC 419". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 677. id. A61. arXiv:2307.03470....
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  • Thumbnail for Tarantula Nebula
    Tarantula Nebula (redirect from NGC 2069)
    Composition and Mixing in Giant H II Regions: NGC 3603, 30 Doradus, and N66". The Astrophysical Journal. 680 (1): 398–419. arXiv:0710.4549. Bibcode:2008ApJ...680...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6164
    NGC 6164, known as the Dragon's Egg Nebula, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Norma. The nebula was discovered by astronomer John Herschel...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6946
    NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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    "Evolutionary history of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1052". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 358 (2): 419–431. arXiv:astro-ph/0501066. Bibcode:2005MNRAS...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5264
    intriguing H I gas in NGC 5253: an infall of a diffuse, low-metallicity H I cloud?". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419 (2): 1051–1069....
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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 1947
    NGC 1947 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy lies about 50 million light years away from Earth, which means, given...
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  • Thumbnail for Crescent Nebula
    Crescent Nebula (redirect from NGC 6888)
    The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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    Society. 419 (4): 3505–3520. arXiv:1110.2869. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.419.3505D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19993.x. S2CID 56474905. "Data for NGC 4252". www...
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    Sculptor Galaxy (redirect from NGC 253)
    Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 300
    NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70 or the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest galaxies...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1817
    clusters NGC 752, 1817, 2360 and 2506", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419 (2): 1350–1361, arXiv:1109.2678, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.419.1350R...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 7027
    NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...
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  • Thumbnail for North America Nebula
    The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4242
    NGC 4242 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. The galaxy is about 18 million light years (5.5 megaparsecs) away. It was...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 188
    NGC 188 (also known as Caldwell 1 or the Polarissima Cluster) is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1825...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 457
    NGC 457 (also designated Caldwell 13, and known as the Dragonfly Cluster, E.T. Cluster, Owl Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster or Phi Cassiopeiae Cluster)...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 55
    NGC 55, also known as the String of Pearls Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation...
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  • Thumbnail for Messier 39
    Messier 39 (redirect from NGC 7092)
    Messier 39 or M39, also known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, sometimes referred to as the Pyramid Cluster. It...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5665
    NGC 5665 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Boötes. It was discovered on January 30, 1784 by German-British astronomer William Herschel...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 281
    NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1052
    evolutionary history of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1052". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 358 (1): 419–431. arXiv:astro-ph/0501066. Bibcode:2005MNRAS...
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  • Thumbnail for Cygnus Loop
    +30° 35′ 43″. As the westernmost NGC object in the nebula (first in right ascension), its number is sometimes used as an NGC identifier for the nebula as...
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