NGC 6240, also known as the Starfish Galaxy, is a nearby ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by French...
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variable stars. The unusual galaxy merger remnant and starburst galaxy NGC 6240 is also in Ophiuchus. At a distance of 400 million light-years, this "butterfly-shaped"...
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with double cores still far apart. An example active double nucleus is NGC 6240. Much closer black-hole binaries are likely in single-core galaxies with...
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This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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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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example of a lenticular Seyfert galaxy NGC 6240, also classified as an ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) NGC 6251, the X-ray-brightest low-excitation...
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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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Observatory identifies double galactic black holes system in merging galaxies NGC 6240 2004 — Further observations by a team from UCLA present even stronger evidence...
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together with the name of the observing project (HUDF, SDSS, 3C, CFHQS, NGC/IC, etc.) This is a list of galaxies that are well known by something other...
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brand Starfish Cove, a cove in Signy Island, Antarctica Starfish Galaxy or NGC 6240, a galaxy in the constellation Ophiuchus Starfish Software, a software...
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Astronomical Database unless otherwise noted. Lists of astronomical objects List of NGC objects Collinder catalogue Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database Melotte catalogue...
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Maza, J.; et al. (July 2010). Green, D. W. E. (ed.). "Supernova 2010gp in NGC 6240". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams. 2388: 1. Bibcode:2010CBET.2388....
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NGC 6302 (also known as the Bug Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, or Caldwell 69) is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The structure in...
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for Surveys. The peculiar galaxy NGC 3256 dominates this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. NGC 6240 - a nearby ultraluminous infrared...
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NGC 6397 (also known as Caldwell 86) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ara that was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille...
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NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark discs of gas, and young...
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second tidal tail appears to loop around the nucleus, forming a ring. NGC 6240 and Markarian 273 - two other near ultraluminous infrared galaxies with...
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NGC 6383 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel in 1847. In the New General...
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galactic nucleus and is the third closest physical pair known after NGC 6240 and NGC 3758. The two nuclei has a luminosity of L2–10keV = 1.5×1043 and 3...
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NGC 6365A and NGC 6365B. This pair of galaxies was discovered by German astronomer Lewis Swift in 1884. NGC 6563A is the northern counterpart of NGC 6563...
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NGC 6334, colloquially known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius....
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Hubble Space Telescope 2MASX J05210136-2521450. Luminous infrared galaxy NGC 5010. Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy IRAS 19297-0406 Luminous infrared galaxy...
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NGC 6078 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9459 ± 44 km/s, which...
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NGC 6122 is a spiral galaxy located around 484 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. NGC 6122 was discovered on May 6, 1886 by...
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190 kpc. Arp 220 - the closest ultraluminous infrared galaxy to Earth NGC 6240 - galaxy merger and ultraluminous infrared galaxy "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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Messier 13 (redirect from NGC 6205)
Messier 13, or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great...
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the NGC 6052 group (also known as LGG 403). This group has at least 13 members: NGC 5975, NGC 6020, NGC 6030, NGC 6032, NGC 6052, NGC 6060, NGC 6073...
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bright open cluster NGC 6193, visible to the naked eye, is responsible for a region of reflection nebulosity within NGC 6188. NGC 6188 is a star forming...
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