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    NGC 540 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is estimated to be 451 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter...
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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 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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    the 5 galaxies are also identified as NGC 247A, NGC 247B, NGC 247C, NGC 247D, and ESO 540-025. Center of NGC 247 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope...
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    NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in...
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    Ring Nebula (redirect from NGC 6720)
    The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra.[C] Such a nebula is formed...
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    (2000). Pattern Formation in Granular Materials. Springer. p. 193. ISBN 3-540-66701-6. Retrieved 3 November 2008. "Does Low Sperm Volume Mean Low Testosterone...
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    right/bottom): NGC 7541, NGC 3021, NGC 5643, NGC 3254, NGC 3147, NGC 105, NGC 2608, NGC 3583, NGC 3147, MRK 1337, NGC 5861, NGC 2525, NGC 1015, UGC 9391, NGC 691...
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    +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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    NGC 5910 is an elliptical galaxy located about 540 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by astronomer William Hershel...
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    NGC 1198 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Perseus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1419 ± 14 km/s, which...
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    "Photometric study of the young open cluster NGC 3293". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 402 (2): 531–540. arXiv:astro-ph/0301529. Bibcode:2003A&A...402...
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    Messier 87 (redirect from NGC 4486)
    Messier 87 (also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, generally abbreviated to M87) is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo that contains...
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    diameters) of the night sky. It appears to "flow" into the compact open cluster NGC 1502, which can be found at one end. The asterism was named by Walter Scott...
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    NGC 4606 is a spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4606 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel...
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    "Spectral analysis of the accretion flow in NGC 1052 with Suzaku". The Astrophysical Journal. 698 (1): 528–540. arXiv:0903.3583. Bibcode:2009ApJ...698..528B...
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  • Thumbnail for Orion Nebula
    Orion Nebula (redirect from NGC 1976)
    The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation...
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    H II region: NGC 604". HST Proposal ID #10419: 10419. Bibcode:2004hst..prop10419B. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 604. Archived...
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    Dynegy (redirect from NGC Corp)
    brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies. It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 7609
    NGC 7609 or known as Arp 150 and HCG 95A, is a large elliptical galaxy located in Pegasus. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 11...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1159
    NGC 1159 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on December 2, 1883. The galaxy has...
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    galaxies List of NGC objects (1001–2000) NGC 1175 at NASA/IPAC NGC 1175 at SIMBAD NGC 1175 at SEDS NGC 1175 at LEDA "Revised IC and NGC Catalog". astrovalleyfield...
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  • Thumbnail for Crab Nebula
    Crab Nebula (redirect from NGC 1952)
    The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...
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    and 0.05 arcseconds respectively). In 1881 he discovered NGC 5, and he discovered the galaxy NGC 6027 the following year using the 80 cm reflector. Among...
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    NGC 2280 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canis Major. It is located at a distance of about 75 million light years from Earth, which, given...
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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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    ; et al. (6 April 2012). "The Suzaku X-ray spectrum of NGC 3147". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 540. A111. arXiv:1204.0946. Bibcode:2012A&A...540A.111M. doi:10...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5579
    ...D, ISBN 978-3-540-97552-6. "NED results for object NGC 5579", NASA/IPAC extragalactic Database, NASA, retrieved 2015-10-18. "NGC 5579", SIMBAD, Centre...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5820
    NGC 5820 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It lies near NGC 5821, a galaxy with a similar mass at the same redshift. Skrutskie, Michael...
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    NGC 1553 is a prototypical lenticular galaxy in the constellation Dorado. It is the second brightest member of the Dorado Group of galaxies.[dubious –...
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