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    NGC 553 is a lenticular galaxy recorded in the New General Catalogue. It is located 219 million light-years towards the direction of the constellation...
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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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    approximately 5,091 pc (~16,600 ly). Its apparent size is 0.553′. No data is available for its speed.[when?] NGC 6742 has a magnitude of 13.4, meaning that its surface...
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    "Supernova 1954J (Variable 12) in NGC 2403 Unmasked". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 117 (832): 553–562. arXiv:astro-ph/0503324....
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    Cat's Eye Nebula (redirect from NGC 6543)
    The Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543 and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel...
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    the Perseus Cluster. Like NGC 1277 and NGC 1271, NGC 1281 is a candidate "relic galaxy". The supermassive black hole in NGC 1281 has an estimated mass...
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    halo of the compact early-type galaxy NGC 1281". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (1): 538–553. arXiv:1511.03131. Bibcode:2016MNRAS...
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    Messier 61 (redirect from NGC 4303)
    Source in the Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus NGC 4303". The Astrophysical Journal. 579 (2): 545–553. Bibcode:2002ApJ...579..545C. doi:10.1086/342839...
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    observations of the S0 galaxy NGC 1218 (3C 78)". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 219 (3). Wiley-Blackwell: 547–548, 552–553. Bibcode:1986MNRAS...
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    NGC 4309 is a lenticular galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Christian...
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    Messier 96 (redirect from NGC 3368)
    Messier 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered...
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    Astrophysics. 553: 38. arXiv:1304.1279. Bibcode:2013A&A...553A.116V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321163. S2CID 119190841. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 -...
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    that NGC 5953 is approximately 35,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 17, 1784. NGC 5953 interacts with NGC 5954 forming...
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    H II region: NGC 604". HST Proposal ID #10419: 10419. Bibcode:2004hst..prop10419B. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 604. Archived...
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    NGC 6193 (also known as Caldwell 82) is open cluster containing 27 stars in the constellation Ara, visible to the unaided eye. NGC 6193 lies at the center...
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    Orion Nebula (redirect from NGC 1976)
    The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation...
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    Low-Surface-Brightness Galaxies in the Area of the NGC 972 Group of Galaxies". Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 161: 553–555. doi:10.1017/S0074180900048075...
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    NGC 4216 is a metal-rich intermediate spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 55 million light-years away...
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    NGC 4302 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William...
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    NGC 5548 is a Type I Seyfert galaxy with a bright, active nucleus. This activity is caused by matter flowing onto a 65 million solar mass (M☉) supermassive...
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    grouped into the flocculent category. The prototypical flocculent spiral is NGC 2841. COSMOS – SAO Encyclopedia of Astronomy, "Grand Design Spiral" (Retrieved...
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    type Sbc spiral galaxy located in the Hercules constellation. It is located 553 million light-years from the Solar System and has an estimated diameter of...
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    & Block 2004. SIMBAD NGC 5008. SIMBAD NGC 5548. SIMBAD NGC 5653. SIMBAD NGC 5825. SIMBAD NGC 5778. SIMBAD NGC 5886. SIMBAD NGC 5888. Francis, Matthew...
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    NGC 4307 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 65 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer Christian Peters...
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    galaxy NGC 4789A NGC 4565 (Needle Galaxy) NGC 4651, with umbrella-shaped stellar streams The constellation Coma Berenices hosts the galaxy NGC 4495 among...
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    NGC 4178 is the New General Catalogue identifier for a barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It was discovered April 11, 1825...
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    NGC 925 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. German-British astronomer William Herschel...
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    et al. (May 2013), "The NGC 1614 interacting galaxy. Molecular gas feeding a "ring of fire"", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553: 11, arXiv:1303.1012, Bibcode:2013A&A...
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    NGC 4298 is a flocculent spiral galaxy located about 53 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer...
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    Possible examples include the black holes at the cores of TON 618, NGC 6166, ESO 444-46 and NGC 4889, which are among the most massive black holes known. Some...
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