NGC 585 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, which is about 245 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. The object was discovered...
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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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Butterfly Cluster (redirect from NGC 6405)
The Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name...
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NGC 7172 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It is located at a distance of about 110 million light years from Earth, which...
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Messier 23 (redirect from NGC 6494)
Messier 23, also known as NGC 6494, is an open cluster of stars in the northwest of the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles...
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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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spiral galaxy NGC 6503". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 290 (4): 585–597. arXiv:astro-ph/9704190. doi:10.1093/mnras/290.4.585. Kuzio de...
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"High-Latitude H I in NGC 2613: Buoyant Disk-Halo Outflow". The Astrophysical Journal. 585 (1): 268–280. arXiv:astro-ph/0212072. Bibcode:2003ApJ...585..268I. doi:10...
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NGC 1624, also known as Sh2-212 in the Sharpless catalog, is a very young open cluster in the constellation Perseus inside an emission nebula. It was...
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Messier 81 (redirect from NGC 3031)
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
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1 August 2011. Ardeberg, A.; de Groot, M. (1973). "The 1972 supernova in NGC 5253. Photometric results from the first observing season". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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Elliptical Galaxy NGC 720 with Chandra". The Astrophysical Journal. 585 (2): 756–766. arXiv:astro-ph/0211192. Bibcode:2003ApJ...585..756J. doi:10.1086/346074...
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NGC 4825 is a lenticular galaxy located around 230 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4825 was discovered on March 27th, 1786 by...
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he identified the objects now designated Messier 41, Messier 47, NGC 2362 and NGC 2451. It was realized as early as 1767 that the stars in a cluster...
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Gaia Sausage (section The nature of NGC 2808)
members are Messier 2, Messier 56, Messier 75, Messier 79, NGC 1851, NGC 2298, and NGC 5286. NGC 2808 is another globular-like cluster of the Sausage. It...
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cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
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California State Historic Landmark #881[citation needed] In astronomy, NGC 881 is an Sc type galaxy in the constellation Cetus. A bilingual play on...
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exceptionally high rate of 740 M☉ per year. This is considerably higher than that of NGC 1275 A, the central galaxy of the Perseus Cluster, where stars are formed...
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M. (March 2000), "NGC 6153: a super–metal–rich planetary nebula?", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 312 (3): 585–628, Bibcode:2000MNRAS...
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Antlia-Sextans Group (category NGC 3109 subgroup)
galaxies NGC 3109, Sextans A, Sextans B, Antlia Dwarf, Leo P and Antlia B. Leo A might also belong to the group, but this is considered unlikely. NGC 3109...
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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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larger than the cores of other large elliptical galaxies, such as NGC 4889 and NGC 1600. Estimates of the absolute magnitude of IC 1101's spheroid are...
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in the Andromeda Galaxy. A second supernova, SN 1895B, was discovered in NGC 5253 a decade later. Early work on what was originally believed to be simply...
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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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8 January 2013. "Air Crash Investigation". National Geographic Channel. NGC Europe Limited. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved...
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galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 82, a single star in the constellation Andromeda. Eighty-two is also: The...
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cluster in the constellation Capricornus The New General Catalogue object NGC 30, a double star in the constellation Pegasus Thirty is: Used (as –30–)...
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NGC 3344 is a relatively isolated barred spiral galaxy located 22.5 million light years away in the constellation Leo Minor. This galaxy belongs to the...
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massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
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