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    The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a complex group of galaxies in the constellations Hydra, Centaurus, and Virgo. The group may be roughly divided into two...
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    Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James...
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    Messier 83 (redirect from Galaxy M83)
    light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on 17 February 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope. Charles...
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  • about 50 major Local Group galaxies, and some that are members of neighboring galaxy groups, the M81 Group and the Centaurus A/M83 Group, and some that are...
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  • clouds and the Milky way. Ten new galaxies were identified in the Centaurus A/M83 Group, bringing the total (at the time) to 31 galaxies. HIJASS, the H I...
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    NGC 5253 (category Centaurus A/M83 Group)
    constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by William Herschel on 15 March 1787. NGC 5253 is located within the M83 Subgroup of the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a relatively...
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    Centaurus /sɛnˈtɔːrəs, -ˈtɑːr-/ is a bright constellation in the southern sky. One of the largest constellations, Centaurus was included among the 48...
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    NGC 5102 (category Centaurus A/M83 Group)
    NGC 5102, also known as Iota's Ghost, is a lenticular galaxy in the Centaurus A/M83 Group of galaxies. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1835. At least...
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    NGC 4945 (category Centaurus A/M83 Group)
    the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a large, nearby group of galaxies. The galaxy is the second brightest galaxy in the subgroup centered on Centaurus A. "NGC...
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  • Thumbnail for List of galaxy groups and clusters
    is a list of galaxy groups and clusters that are well known by something other than an entry in a catalog or list, or a set of coordinates, or a systematic...
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    ISSN 0035-8711. Groenewegen, M. A. T.; Sloan, G. C. (January 2018). "Luminosities and mass-loss rates of Local Group AGB stars and red supergiants". Astronomy...
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    NGC 5264 (category Centaurus A/M83 Group)
    galaxy in the constellation Hydra. It is part of the M83 subgroup of the Centaurus A/M83 Group, located some 15 million light years (4.5 megaparsecs)...
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    first water megamaser was found in 1979 in NGC 4945, a galaxy in the nearby Centaurus A/M83 Group. The first hydroxyl megamaser was found in 1982 in Arp...
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    NGC 5408 (category Centaurus)
    constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by John Herschel on June 5, 1834. NGC 5408 is located near the M83 Subgroup of the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a relatively...
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  • Thumbnail for Lupus (constellation)
    westerly, larger constellation Centaurus. In ancient times, the constellation was considered an asterism within Centaurus, and was considered to have been...
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    objects. M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, is located on the border of Hydra and Centaurus, M68 is a globular cluster near M83, and M48...
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  • passes through a knot of galaxies containing the Sombrero Galaxy, then passes at its closest point to the Milky Way at the Centaurus/M83 group, and then passes...
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    NGC 5011 (category Centaurus)
    them interacting. NGC 5011C is actually much closer and is in the Centaurus A/M83 Group, at 13 million light years away. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc...
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    Fourcade-Figueroa Object (category Centaurus)
    Centaurus. It is located 51 million light years from Earth. The galaxy has a luminosity class of V with a broad HI line. It is also classified as a low-surface...
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    galaxies such as Centaurus A, the Bode galaxy (M81), the Cigar galaxy (M82), the Circinus galaxy, the Southern Pinwheel galaxy (M83), the Pinwheel galaxy...
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    the Eta Carinae Great Outburst was noted. Supernovae in M101 (1909) and M83 (1923 and 1957) were also suggested as possible type IV or type V supernovae...
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