NGC 108 is a barred lenticular galaxy that is located at approximately 220 million light-years away in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered...
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Messier 108 (also known as NGC 3556, nicknamed the Surfboard Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy about 28 million light-years away from Earth in the northern...
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Messier 49 (redirect from NGC 4472)
7636 and the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4472", The Astronomical Journal, 108 (3): 844–850, Bibcode:1994AJ....108..844M, doi:10.1086/117116. On February...
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Bubble Nebula (redirect from Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635))
NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close...
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This is a list of NGC objects 3001–4000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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Tarantula Nebula (redirect from NGC 2069)
been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area...
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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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2024-03-20. [email protected]. "Star-forming region RCW 108 in Ara". www.eso.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20. "NGC 6188". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20....
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3768, NGC 3790, NGC 3799, NGC 3800, NGC 3802, NGC 3806, NGC 3827, and NGC 3853. NGC 3802 lies 2.3 arcminutes from NGC 3801 while NGC 3790 lies 7 arcminutes...
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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...
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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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NGC 4526 (also listed as NGC 4560) is a lenticular galaxy with an embedded dusty disc, located approximately 55 million light-years from the Solar System...
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its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7236 is about 150,000 light years across. NGC 7236 forms a pair with NGC 7237 and is a radio galaxy. It was discovered...
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in NGC 541, with estimated mass of approximately 108 M☉, and with a compact ring-like distribution with a radius of 1–2 kpc. In the centre of NGC 541...
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light-years. The supermassive black hole at the core of NGC 4697 has a mass of 1.3+0.18 −0.17×108 M☉ as measured from Atacama Large Millimeter Array observations...
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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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Journal Supplement. 108 (1): 155. Bibcode:1997ApJS..108..155G. doi:10.1086/312951. Media related to NGC 5474 at Wikimedia Commons NGC 5474 on WikiSky: DSS2...
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NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda. It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell...
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Messier 63 (redirect from NGC 5055)
Messier 63 or M63, also known as NGC 5055 or the seldom-used Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici with...
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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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Herschel on March 9, 1828. NGC 4329 is host a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 3.1×108 solar masses. NGC 4329 is a member of a group...
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108 pc. List of planetary nebulae List of NGC objects (2001–3000) New General Catalogue NGC 2792 at NASA/IPAC NGC 2792 at SIMBAD NGC 2792 at LEDA NGC...
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Rosette Nebula (redirect from NGC 2237)
confused with NGC 246, which is also nicknamed the "Skull Nebula." The complex has the following New General Catalogue (NGC) designations: NGC 2237 – Part...
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Messier 105 (redirect from NGC 3379)
(July 1994), "The intrinsic shape of NGC 3379", The Astronomical Journal, 108 (1): 111–127, Bibcode:1994AJ....108..111S, doi:10.1086/117050 Shapiro, Kristen...
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NGC 4372 (also known as Caldwell 108) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Musca. It is southwest of γ Muscae (Gamma Muscae) and west...
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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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its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 7237 is about 240,000 light years across. NGC 7237 forms a pair with NGC 7236 and is a radio galaxy. It was discovered...
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million light-years away. NGC 877 is the brightest member of an 8-galaxy group that also includes NGC 870, NGC 871, and NGC 876, with a magnitude of 12...
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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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hole. The supermassive black hole in the nucleus of NGC 5953 is estimated to have a mass of 2.7×108 M☉ based on stellar velocity dispersion. A one-sided...
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