NGC 2485 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Canis Minor. It is located 233 million light-years away from Earth and has an estimated diameter...
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This is a list of NGC objects 2001–3000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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Open Cluster NGC 2175 (also known as OCL 476 or Cr 84) is an open cluster in the Orion constellation, embedded in a diffusion nebula. It was discovered...
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NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the...
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Messier 78 (redirect from NGC 2068)
Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included...
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Eskimo Nebula (redirect from NGC 2392)
The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), also known as the Clown Face Nebula, Lion Nebula, or Caldwell 39, is a bipolar double-shell planetary nebula (PN). It was...
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NGC 2566 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Puppis. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1898 ± 19 km/s, which...
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Messier 41 (redirect from NGC 2287)
Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major. It is sometimes referred to as the Little Beehive Cluster...
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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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NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are a pair of colliding spiral galaxies about 80 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. NGC 2207 was discovered...
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NGC 2683 is a field spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Lynx. It was nicknamed the "UFO Galaxy" by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory...
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NGC 2419 (also known as Caldwell 25) is a globular cluster in the constellation Lynx. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 31, 1788. NGC...
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Messier 47 (redirect from NGC 2422)
Messier 47 (M47 or NGC 2422) and also known as NGC 2478 is an open cluster in the mildly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni...
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NGC 2078 is an emission nebula with an apparent magnitude of 10.9, located in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered on September 24, 1826, by James...
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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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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 2001 (also known as PGC 3518062, 056-SC137, SL 507 and part of LH 64) is an open cluster located in the Dorado constellation and is part of the Large...
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NGC 2110 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Orion. It is located at a distance of about 120 million light years from Earth, which, given...
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Garcia, NGC 2708 is the namesake of the four member NGC 2708 group (also known as LGG 164). The other three galaxies are: NGC 2695, NGC 2699, and NGC 2706...
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NGC 2012 is a large lenticular galaxy in the Constellation Mensa. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1836. With its distance from the Earth being over...
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NGC 2719 is a Magellanic irregular galaxy in the constellation of Lynx. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3302 ± 16 km/s...
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NGC 2814 is a small spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 1,693 ± 8 km/s, which corresponds...
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NGC 2606 is a spiral galaxy located around 646 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. NGC 2606 was discovered on February 16th, 1831...
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Messier 35 (redirect from NGC 2168)
peculiar stars in open clusters. XV. Feinstein 1, NGC 2168, NGC 2323, NGC 2437, NGC 2547, NGC 4103, NGC 6025, NGC 6633, Stock 2, and Trumpler 2", Astronomy &...
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as LGG 148) which includes NGC 2415, NGC 2444, NGC 2445, NGC 2476, NGC 2493, NGC 2524, UGC 3937 and UGC 3944. List of NGC objects (2001–3000) "NASA/IPAC...
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other galaxies: NGC 2814, NGC 2820, NGC 2880, and IC 2458. This group, minus NGC 2880, are also collectively called Holmberg 124. List of NGC objects (2001–3000)...
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NGC 2804 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Cancer. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 8580 ± 20 km/s, which...
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NGC 2537, also known as the Bear Paw Galaxy, Bear Claw Galaxy, Arp 6, or Mrk 86, is a blue compact dwarf galaxy in the constellation Lynx, located around...
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NGC 2617 is a Seyfert galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It was discovered on February 12, 1885, by French astronomer Édouard Stephan. In...
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NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an outlying member of the M81 Group, and...
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