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    NGC 134 is a barred spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way with its spiral arms loosely wrapped around a bright, bar-shaped central region. Its loosely...
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    NGC 131 is a spiral galaxy that was discovered on September 25, 1834, by John Herschel. This galaxy belongs in the NGC 134 group of galaxies: NGC 115...
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  • later be known as the NGC 134 Group, group G45 (Pavo-Indus) which would later be known as the NGC 7079, NGC 7144, NGC 7196 and NGC 7213 groups, and group...
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    K. H. (1961), "Motions in NGC 3646, a strange spiral galaxy", Astrophysical Journal, 134: 237–243, Bibcode:1961ApJ...134..237B, doi:10.1086/147145 Smith...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Veil Nebula
    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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    NGC 55, also known as the String of Pearls Galaxy, is a Magellanic type barred spiral galaxy located about 6.5 million light-years away in the constellation...
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    Sombrero Galaxy (redirect from NGC 4594)
    The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of...
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    Enslow Publishers. ISBN 978-0-89490-134-8. Davidge, T. J. (2005). "The Evolved Stellar Content of NGC 147, NGC 185, and NGC 205". The Astronomical Journal...
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    discovered by John Herschel in 1834. It is in a galaxy group with NGC 134. NGC 254 is an example of a ring galaxy, a galaxy with a ring, and in this case...
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    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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    Handbook. Enslow Publishers. ISBN 978-0-89490-134-8. Media related to NGC 16 at Wikimedia Commons NGC 16 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6946
    NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 7662
    NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda. It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 7682
    NGC 7682 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is located at a distance of about 180 million light years from Earth, which, given...
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    30, 1785. NGC 1199 is dominated by stellar light with little long wavelength emission. Together with NGC 1189, NGC 1190, NGC 1191 and NGC 1192 it forms...
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    Observatory. NGC 1190 is dominated by stellar light with little long wavelength emission. Together with NGC 1189, NGC 1191, NGC 1192 and NGC 1199 it forms...
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  • Thumbnail for Messier 49
    Messier 49 (redirect from Arp 134)
    Messier 49 (also known as M49 or NGC 4472) is a giant elliptical galaxy about 56 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. This...
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    NGC 732 is a lenticular galaxy located 250 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on...
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    Gravitattional Stability of the NGC 7619 Group of Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal. 134: 262. Bibcode:1961ApJ...134..262H. doi:10.1086/147151. Randall...
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    Messier 99 (redirect from NGC 4254)
    Messier 99 or M99, also known as NGC 4254 or St. Catherine's Wheel, is a grand design spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Coma Berenices approximately...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 281
    NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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  • Thumbnail for Ring Nebula
    Ring Nebula (redirect from NGC 6720)
    The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Lyra.[C] Such a nebula is formed...
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  • Thumbnail for Crescent Nebula
    Crescent Nebula (redirect from NGC 6888)
    The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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  • Thumbnail for WR 134
    WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, surrounded by a faint bubble nebula...
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    3768, NGC 3790, NGC 3799, NGC 3800, NGC 3802, NGC 3806, NGC 3827, and NGC 3853. NGC 3802 lies 2.3 arcminutes from NGC 3801 while NGC 3790 lies 7 arcminutes...
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    NGC 753 is a spiral galaxy located 220 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer by Heinrich d'Arrest...
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    NGC 7083 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located about 134 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus. It is also classified as a flocculent...
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    refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. Together with NGC 1189, NGC 1190, NGC 1192 and NGC 1199 it forms Hickson Compact Group 22 (HCG 22) galaxy group...
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