• 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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    neighboring galaxy PGC 50725 is 237.51 ± 16.63 Mpc (∼775 million light-years), well beyond NGC 5508. Although they appear as neighbors on the celestial...
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    comprehensive study of NGC 2023 with XMM-Newton and Spitzer". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429 (1): 775–791. arXiv:1211.2935. Bibcode:2013MNRAS...
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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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    surrounding gas. NGC 2670 is an open cluster located in Vela. It has an overall magnitude of 7.8 and is 3,200 light-years from Earth. The stars of NGC 2670, a...
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    2-10 I Zwicky 18 IC 10 Large Magellanic Cloud Leo I Leo II NGC 1569 NGC 1705 NGC 2915 NGC 3353 Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy PHL 293B Phoenix Dwarf Sagittarius...
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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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    NGC 7741 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of circa 40 million light years from Earth, which...
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    Non-sphericity". The Astrophysical Journal. 775 (1): 45. arXiv:1307.6585. Bibcode:2013ApJ...775...45V. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/775/1/45. S2CID 43847096. Hohle, M.M...
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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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    massive and unusual lenticular galaxy NGC 5084". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 219 (4): 759–775. Bibcode:1986MNRAS.219..759G. doi:10...
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  • Kepler-66 is a star with slightly more mass than the Sun in the NGC 6811 open cluster in the Cygnus constellation. It has one confirmed planet, slightly...
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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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  • Kepler-67 is a star in the open cluster NGC 6811 in the constellation Cygnus. It has slightly less mass than the Sun and has one confirmed planet, slightly...
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  • the Mertens function returns 0. 159 Aemilia is a large Main belt asteroid NGC 159 is a galaxy in the constellation of Phoenix The Saros number of the solar...
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    is probably due to a past collision, possibly with the nearby NGC 4027A. NGC 4782 and NGC 4783 are a pair of merging elliptical galaxies in the northeastern...
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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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  • galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The New General Catalogue object NGC 98, a magnitude 12.7 spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix. Windows...
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    11.5 galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 59, a magnitude 12.4 spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Beethoven's...
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  • open cluster in the constellation Cancer. The New General Catalogue object NGC 67, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. "Car 67", a song...
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  • cluster in the constellation Sagittarius The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor The...
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  • open cluster in the constellation Perseus The New General Catalogue object NGC 34, a peculiar galaxy in the constellation Cetus The human vertebral column...
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    galaxy. It is 49 million light years from Earth, close to Messier 60 (M60, NGC 4649) in the Virgo Cluster. Half of its stellar mass is in the central sphere...
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  • constellation Lyra, also known as the Ring Nebula The New General Catalogue object NGC 57, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Passenger 57, a film...
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  • in the constellation of Sagittarius; 69 Hesperia is a main-belt asteroid. NGC 69 is the designation given to a barred lenticular galaxy located in the...
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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 Sagittarius The New General Catalogue object NGC 54, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus The number of years in three...
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  • Ursa Major, also known as the Owl Nebula The New General Catalogue object NGC 97, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda Ninety-seven is:...
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    Issues". The Astrophysical Journal. 775 (2): 134. arXiv:1308.2257. Bibcode:2013ApJ...775..134V. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/775/2/134. S2CID 117065283. Hertzsprung...
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  • cluster in the constellation Canis Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 41, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. "#41", a song by Dave Matthews...
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