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    NGC 895 is a spiral galaxy located around 98 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 895 was discovered November 28, 1856 by R. J. Mitchell...
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    spiral galaxies, NGC 497, 895, 972 and 3646.", Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 68: 1134–1149, Bibcode:1991AZh....68.1134A "Results for object NGC 3646", NASA/IPAC...
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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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    NGC 3978 is a large intermediate spiral galaxy with a bar located in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is located 460 million light-years away from...
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    Obscured Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6256". The Astrophysical Journal. 895 (1). id.54. arXiv:2004.06131. Bibcode:2020ApJ...895...54C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab88b3...
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    set, DES concluded that the optical counterpart they have identified near NGC 4993 is associated with GW170817. This discovery ushers in the era of multi-messenger...
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    (September 1987), "Membership of cepheids and red giants in 8 open clusters : NGC 129, 6067, 6087, 6649, 6664, IC 4725, LY 6, RU 79", Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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  • black holes up to 21 billion (2.1 × 1010) M☉ have been detected, such as NGC 4889.) Unlike stellar mass black holes, supermassive black holes have comparatively...
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    Messier 92 (redirect from NGC 6341)
    Messier 92 (also known as M92, M 92, or NGC 6341) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Hercules. It was discovered by Johann...
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  • cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
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    Pleiades (category NGC objects)
    eye in the night sky. It is also observed to house the reflection nebula NGC 1432, an HII region. The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars...
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  • elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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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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    NGC 613 is a barred spiral galaxy located 67 million light years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor. This galaxy was discovered in 1798 by...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 82, a single star in the constellation Andromeda. Eighty-two is also: The...
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    M109 Group (redirect from NGC 3992 Group)
    the above lists) include NGC 3631, NGC 3657, NGC 3733, NGC 3756, NGC 3850, NGC 3898, NGC 3985, NGC 3990, NGC 3998, NGC 4217, NGC 4220, UGC 6773, UGC 6802...
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    in the Andromeda Galaxy. A second supernova, SN 1895B, was discovered in NGC 5253 a decade later. Early work on what was originally believed to be simply...
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  • AD and 264 BC The longest someone has gone without sleeping is 264 hours. NGC 264, a lenticular galaxy Weisstein, Eric W. "Composite Number". mathworld...
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  • open cluster in the constellation Puppis. The New General Catalogue object NGC 46, a star in the constellation Pisces. Japanese idol group franchise Sakamichi...
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  • in the constellation of Sagittarius; 69 Hesperia is a main-belt asteroid. NGC 69 is the designation given to a barred lenticular galaxy located in the...
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    NGC 3877 is a type Sc spiral galaxy that was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788. It is located below the magnitude 3.7 star Chi Ursae...
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  • cluster in the constellation Sagittarius The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor The...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices The New General Catalogue object NGC 91, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Ninety-one is also: The...
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  • globular cluster in the constellation Lyra The New General Catalogue object NGC 56, an unverified object in the constellation Pisces, which does not appear...
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  • cluster in the constellation Canis Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 41, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. "#41", a song by Dave Matthews...
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  • globular cluster in the constellation Hercules The New General Catalogue object NGC 92, a magnitude 13.1 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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  • cluster in the constellation Capricornus The New General Catalogue object NGC 30, a double star in the constellation Pegasus Thirty is: Used (as –30–)...
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  • lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo The New General Catalogue object NGC 84, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Eighty-four is also: The...
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  • constellation Lyra, also known as the Ring Nebula The New General Catalogue object NGC 57, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Passenger 57, a film...
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  • Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster The New General Catalogue object NGC 44, a double star in the constellation Andromeda +44 is the ITU country code...
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