NGC 3184, the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Its name comes from...
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This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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NGC 1232, also known as the Eye of God Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was...
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Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5194)
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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deprivation in the field elliptical galaxy NGC 7507". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 574. id. A93. arXiv:1412.3402. Bibcode:2015A&A...574A..93L. doi:10...
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"Supernova 2008da in NGC 6845A". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 1412: 1. Bibcode:2008CBET.1412....1M. Media related to NGC 6845 at Wikimedia Commons...
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–18 27 14.3 S0 1.4 35 1730 NGC 1407 03 40.2 –18 35 10.9 E 5.1 125 1650 ESO 548-68 03 40.3 –18 56 14.3 E 1.3 35 1636 NGC 1412 03 40.5 –26 52 14.7 S0 1.4...
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Signs of Supernova Enrichment: M22, NGC 1851, and NGC 288", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 216 (1): 13, arXiv:1412.1832, Bibcode:2015ApJS..216...19L...
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NGC 7678 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Pegasus. It is located at a distance of about 130 million light years from Earth...
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Messier 74 (redirect from NGC 628)
Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628 and Phantom Galaxy) is a large spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation Pisces. It is about 32 million light-years...
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Luminous blue variable (section NGC 2366 (NGC 2363))
290 (Romano's star, an unusually hot LBV) NGC 2403: V12 V37 V38 J025941.21+251412.2 J025941.54+251421.8 NGC 2363-V1 J122809.72+440514.8 J122817.83+440630...
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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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Survey. I. Hα and H I Velocity Maps of Galaxy NGC 2280". The Astronomical Journal. 149 (3): 116. arXiv:1412.5444. Bibcode:2015AJ....149..116M. doi:10...
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80. arXiv:1412.3996. Bibcode:2015ApJ...800...80L. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/80. hdl:2318/155075. S2CID 52993516. "Search specification: NGC 6120". HyperLeda...
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Evidence for Flat Cores in the Halos of Dwarf Galaxies? The Case of NGC 3109 and NGC 6822". The Astrophysical Journal. 657 (2): 773–789. arXiv:astro-ph/0509644...
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the bright planetary nebula NGC 2438 in deep photographs. Although the Calabash Nebula is at the same distance as M46, NGC 2438 is a larger object in the...
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been found to host planets. A few notable galaxies, including Crater 2 and NGC 3981, and a famous quasar lie within the borders of the constellation. In...
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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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magnitude companion. All these stars are likely members of open cluster NGC 1980 which includes ι Orionis 7' away. At over 15 solar masses, it shines...
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of the M74 Group. NGC 488 is an isolated face-on prototypical spiral galaxy. Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy. NGC 520 is a pair of colliding...
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Morrell, N. (2008). "Supernova 2008da in NGC 6845A". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 1412: 1. Bibcode:2008CBET.1412....1M. Neuhäuser, R.; Ginski, C.; Schmidt...
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what it was and why it exerted such a massive gravitational pull on galaxy NGC 4254. After years of ruling out other possible explanations, some have concluded...
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John Herschel. The French astronomer Abbé Lacaille listed NGC 104, NGC 4833, M 55, M 69, and NGC 6397 in his 1751–1752 catalogue. The low resolution of early...
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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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celestial objects one can view close to this star—the Pacman Nebula, NGC 436 and NGC 457 being a few. Alpha Cas reaches its zenith above cities like Edinburgh...
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Microscopii. SN 2011ei, a Type II Supernova in NGC 6925, was discovered by Stu Parker in New Zealand in July 2011. NGC 6923 lies nearby and is a magnitude fainter...
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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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obscuring our galaxy arm there. NGC 2818 is a planetary nebula that lies within a dim open cluster of magnitude 8.2. NGC 2818A is an open cluster that lies...
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WR 42e (category NGC 3603)
(2MASS J11144550-115001) is a Wolf–Rayet star in the massive H II region NGC 3603 in the constellation of the Carina. It is around 25,000 light-years...
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the Apodizing Phase Plate". The Astrophysical Journal. 800 (1): 5. arXiv:1412.5179. Bibcode:2015ApJ...800....5M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/5. S2CID 119211833...
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