This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
38 KB (226 words) - 02:20, 29 September 2024
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)...
2 KB (210 words) - 15:56, 3 July 2024
New General Catalogue (redirect from NGC object)
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...
13 KB (1,534 words) - 17:10, 7 September 2024
Arp 256, NGC 6670, NGC 6240, ESO 593-8, NGC 454, UGC 8335, NGC 6786, NGC 17, ESO 77-14, NGC 6050 Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 6240. Arp...
10 KB (969 words) - 16:45, 28 August 2024
NGC 6365A and NGC 6365B. This pair of galaxies was discovered by German astronomer Lewis Swift in 1884. NGC 6563A is the northern counterpart of NGC 6563...
6 KB (631 words) - 22:28, 5 September 2024
NGC 6383 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1847. In the New General...
10 KB (905 words) - 13:01, 18 July 2024
NGC 6308 is a large intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8797...
3 KB (178 words) - 23:59, 28 October 2024
NGC 6122 is a spiral galaxy located around 484 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. NGC 6122 was discovered on May 6, 1886 by...
3 KB (186 words) - 19:20, 19 August 2024
NGC 6338 is a large lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is located at an estimated distance of 392 million light years from Earth...
7 KB (691 words) - 16:27, 6 November 2024
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...
11 KB (1,230 words) - 04:48, 15 May 2024
Messier 14 (redirect from NGC 6402)
Messier 14 (also known as M14 or NGC 6402) is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764...
4 KB (371 words) - 01:44, 22 July 2024
NGC 6028 is a barred lenticular galaxy and a ring galaxy located about 200 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. Ring galaxies such...
4 KB (314 words) - 07:44, 13 August 2023
bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188. NGC 6188 is a star forming...
2 KB (145 words) - 17:47, 10 June 2024
Embedded within Messier 24. Associated with Messier 17. Associated with NGC 6820. Embedded within the Iris Nebula. There are some errors in Collinder's...
60 KB (535 words) - 18:22, 29 February 2024
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...
8 KB (692 words) - 06:54, 23 August 2024
NGC 6087 (also known as Caldwell 89 or the S Normae Cluster) is an open cluster of 40 or more stars centered on the Cepheid variable S Normae in the constellation...
2 KB (202 words) - 23:59, 22 August 2024
List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects "Object No. 1 - NGC 6400". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2016. "The open cluster NGC 6400"...
3 KB (117 words) - 19:15, 26 December 2023
Messier 12 (redirect from NGC 6218)
Messier 12 or M 12 (also designated NGC 6218) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It was discovered by the French astronomer Charles...
8 KB (711 words) - 06:50, 23 August 2024
bright, with about 125 stars visible. "NGC 6124". SEDS NGC Online. Retrieved 2011-01-13. "Results for NGC 6124". NGC/IC Project. Archived from the original...
2 KB (129 words) - 15:57, 21 May 2024
peculiar stars in open clusters. XV. Feinstein 1, NGC 2168, NGC 2323, NGC 2437, NGC 2547, NGC 4103, NGC 6025, NGC 6633, Stock 2, and Trumpler 2". Astronomy &...
8 KB (669 words) - 00:07, 23 August 2024
NGC 6356 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is designated as a II in the Shapley–Sawyer Concentration Class and was discovered...
3 KB (178 words) - 20:27, 24 September 2024
NGC 6397 (also known as Caldwell 86) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ara that was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille...
11 KB (1,085 words) - 03:26, 22 July 2024
NGC 6144 is a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius, located almost exactly 1° away from its brighter counterpart globular cluster Messier 4...
3 KB (174 words) - 19:47, 28 June 2023
NGC 6181 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It is designated as SB(rs)c in the galaxy morphological classification scheme...
4 KB (177 words) - 22:11, 6 September 2024
NGC 6316 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its Shapley-Sawyer Concentration Class is III, meaning that it has a "strong inner...
4 KB (323 words) - 06:22, 19 August 2024
from Earth. NGC 6342 is classified as metal-rich, yet has only one generation of stars. List of NGC objects (6001–7000) List of NGC objects NGC 6366 Messier...
4 KB (194 words) - 00:00, 5 March 2024
NGC 6445, also known as the Little Gem Nebula or Box Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by William Herschel...
11 KB (1,312 words) - 11:59, 2 November 2024
NGC 6380 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Scorpius. It was originally discovered by James Dunlop in 1826, and he named it Dun 538. Eight...
2 KB (176 words) - 18:33, 18 January 2024