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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9 Mpc (∼86.1 million ly). NGC 3049 was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1882. The luminosity class of NGC 3049 is I-II and it has a...
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NGC 158 is a double star in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel in 1882. Double star List of NGC objects "Results for NGC 158"...
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1882. It was also observed by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on 15 April 1895 and listed in the Index Catalogue as IC 3833. NGC 4722 and NGC 4723...
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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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NGC 60 is an Sc type spiral galaxy in the Pisces constellation. It was discovered on 2 November 1882 by Édouard Stephan. NGC 60 is noticed for its unusually...
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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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Mpc (~187 million ly). NGC 3200 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden in 1882. The luminosity class of NGC 3200 is III and it exhibits...
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NGC 156 is a double star located in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered on 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel. New General Catalogue List of...
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NGC 1514, also known as the Crystal Ball Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, positioned to the north of the star Psi...
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in 1882 by Edward Charles Pickering. "NGC 6741". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-09-21. "The Interactive NGC Catalog...
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diameter of 42,600 light-years. NGC 7040 was discovered by astronomer Mark Harrington on August 18, 1882. NGC 7001 List of NGC objects (7001–7840) "NASA/IPAC...
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924 Mpc). It was discovered by German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on 18 August 1882. NGC 2685 is an object of great scientific interest, because polar-ring galaxies...
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It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on November 6, 1882. NGC 497 was imaged by Halton Arp and included in his Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies...
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NGC 5508 is a very large and distant spiral galaxy located in the constellation Boötes. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 11...
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astronomer Édouard Stephan on 20 March 1882. NGC 6027a NGC 6027b NGC 6027c NGC 6027d NGC 6027e Seyfert's Sextet List of NGC objects (6001–7000) "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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NGC 140 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. It was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on October 8, 1866. Safford's discovery in 1866...
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and was discovered by astronomer, Edouard Stephan in May 1882. The luminosity class of NGC 5829 is III and it has an HI line with regions of ionized...
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Seyfert's Sextet (redirect from NGC 6027 Sextet)
elliptical galaxy. French astronomer Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 6027 on 20 March 1882, but he was unable to resolve the individual galaxies in the group...
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Sh 2-279 (redirect from NGC 1973, NGC 1975 and NGC 1977)
comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest...
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NGC 464 is a double star located in the Andromeda constellation. It was discovered in 1882 by Wilhelm Tempel. "Results for object NGC 0464 (NGC 464)"...
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German astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on 8 August 1882. According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 2441 is a member of the NGC 2523 galaxy group (also known as LGG 154)....
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Messier 38 (redirect from NGC 1912)
Messier 38 or M38, also known as NGC 1912 or Starfish Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga. It was discovered by Giovanni...
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NGC 165 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1882 by Wilhelm Tempel and was described by as "faint, large...
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NGC 18 is a double star system located in the constellation of Pegasus. It was first recorded by Herman Schultz on 15 October 1866. It was looked for...
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was discovered in 1882 by astronomer Wilhelm Tempel and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4323 is commonly misidentified as NGC 4322, which is a 13th...
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NGC 1761 (also known as GC 980, JH 2710, LH 9) is an open cluster in the Dorado constellation in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It encompasses a group of...
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constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer Wilhelm Tempel on March 17, 1882. NGC 4316 is a member of the Virgo Cluster and is classified as LINER and as...
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NGC 3938 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by William Herschel. It is one of the brightest...
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4 Aquila NGC 6790 1882 11 10.5 Aquila NGC 6881 1881 5.2 ± 1.6 13.8 Cygnus NGC 6884 1883 6.5 10.9 Cygnus NGC 6891 1884 7.2 10.5 Delphinus NGC 6886 1884...
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