discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC 7331 is the brightest galaxy in the field of a visual grouping known as the NGC 7331 Group of galaxies. In fact...
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NGC 604 is an H II region inside the Triangulum Galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel on September 11, 1784. It is among the largest H II regions...
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Messier 102 (redirect from NGC 5928)
entry. NGC 5879, NGC 5907, NGC 5905, and NGC 5908 are all galaxies near the position of NGC 5866. By that criterion, they may all be as likely as NGC 5866...
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1784. The Simbad database lists NGC 3914 as a radio galaxy. One supernova has been observed in NGC 3914: SN 2023fnj (type Ia, mag. 18.7). List of NGC...
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Hodierna before 1654 and discovered by William Herschel on October 15, 1784. NGC 2169 is at a distance of about 3,600 light years away from Earth. It is...
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away in the constellation Pegasus. William Herschel discovered it in 1784. NGC 7479 is also recognized as a Seyfert galaxy and a LINER undergoing starburst...
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Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula") and...
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Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784. The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. It has...
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William Herschel on 11 March 1784. One supernova has been observed in NGC 3524: SN 2024inv (type Ia, mag. 18.3). List of NGC objects (3001–4000) "NASA/IPAC...
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April 1784. In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 5210, NGC 5224, and NGC 5239, among others. One supernova has been observed in NGC 5235:...
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Herschel on 18 April 1784. According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 3535 is a radio galaxy. One supernova has been observed in NGC 3535: SN 2023hrn (type...
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NGC 4517 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel...
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NGC 3190 is a spiral galaxy with tightly wound arms and lying in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC 3190 is member...
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April 12, 1784. NGC 4461 is a member of Markarian's Chain which is part of the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4461 is in a pair with the nearby galaxy NGC 4458. It...
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English astronomer William Herschel on October 7, 1784. NGC 1160 forms a visual pair with the galaxy NGC 1161. Both galaxies are located between the Local...
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1784. One supernova has been observed in NGC 5898: SN 2023mkt (type Ia, mag 18.2). According to A. M. Garcia, NGC 5898 is part of the five member NGC...
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Herschel on February 22, 1784. It is notable for having distinct dust lanes that surround its nucleus. It is a member of the NGC 4753 Group of galaxies...
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German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 September 1784. The Simbad database lists NGC 958 as a Seyfert II Galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nuclei...
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including: NGC 1315, NGC 1325, NGC 1331, NGC 1332, NGC 1347, NGC 1353, NGC 1371, NGC 1377, NGC 1395, NGC 1401, NGC 1414, NGC 1415, NGC 1422, NGC 1426, NGC 1438...
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to NGC 3177 and NGC 3227, this group includes at least 16 other galaxies including NGC 3162, NGC 3185, NGC 3187, NGC 3190, NGC 3193, NGC 3213, NGC 3226...
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Mpc (∼313 million ly). NGC 5416 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784. The luminosity class of NGC 5416 is III-IV and it...
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(∼118 million ly). NGC 2648 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784. The galaxies PGC 24469 and NGC 2648 are designated...
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September 1784, and by Heinrich d'Arrest on 13 August 1862. d'Arrest's discovery was listed as NGC 523, while Herschel's was listed as NGC 537; the two...
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Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. NGC 4647 is listed along with Messier 60 as being part of a pair of galaxies...
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NGC 392 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Pisces. It was discovered on September 12, 1784, by William Herschel. It was described by...
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German-British astronomer William Herschel on 18 September 1784. NGC 7769, together with NGC 7770 and NGC 7771, forms the galaxy trio Holm 820. It also is listed...
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discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 April 1784. NGC 5936 is listed as a luminous infrared galaxy (LIRG), and as a field galaxy...
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NGC 16 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. It was discovered on September 8, 1784, by William Herschel. In the Webb Society Deep-Sky...
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NGC 1167 is a late type, lenticular, nonbarred galaxy in the Perseus constellation. It was first observed and catalogued in 1784 by the astronomer William...
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NGC 2071 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered on January 1, 1784, by William Herschel. It is part of a group of nebulae...
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