NGC 275 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 63 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Cetus. It is one of a pair of...
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Rosette Nebula (redirect from Sh2-275)
confused with NGC 246, which is also nicknamed the "Skull Nebula". The complex has the following New General Catalogue (NGC) designations: NGC 2237 – Part...
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Society. 275 (2): 313–326. Bibcode:1995MNRAS.275..313C. doi:10.1093/mnras/275.2.313. Wikimedia Commons has media related to NGC 206. NGC 206 @ SEDS NGC objects...
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NGC 274 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It is a pair of galaxies, the other being NGC 275, which it is currently interacting with. It...
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galaxies, including M51 (Arp 85), Arp 220, and the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039, or Arp 244). A few of the galaxies are simply dwarf galaxies that...
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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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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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dimensions of 1.905′ × 0.275′. NGC 2523B does not have much star formation, and it does not have an active galactic nucleus. "NGC 2523B - Spiral Galaxy in...
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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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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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NGC 300 (also known as Baldwell 70 or the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on 5 August 1826...
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NGC 1851 (also known as Caldwell 73) is a relatively massive globular cluster located in the southern constellation of Columba. Astronomer John Dreyer...
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Bubble Nebula (redirect from Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635))
NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close...
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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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NGC 457 (also designated Caldwell 13, and known as the Dragonfly Cluster, E.T. Cluster, Owl Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster or Phi Cassiopeiae Cluster)...
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Sculptor Galaxy (redirect from NGC 253)
Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation...
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NGC 1 (= GC 1, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 00 00 04, NPD 63 04.3) is "faint, small, round, between 11th and 14th magnitude stars is an intermediate spiral galaxy...
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North America Nebula (redirect from NGC 7000)
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest...
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Sh 2-279 (redirect from NGC 1973, NGC 1975 and NGC 1977)
comprises three NGC nebulae, NGC 1973, NGC 1975, and NGC 1977 that are divided by darker nebulous regions. It also includes the open cluster NGC 1981. The brightest...
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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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discovering 76 Freia, nebulae, and galaxies, discovering NGC 1 in 1861 and NGC 26 and NGC 358 in 1865. In 1864 D'Arrest made an unsuccessful search for...
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Lagoon Nebula (redirect from NGC 6523)
The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius...
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NGC 188 (also known as Caldwell 1 or the Polarissima Cluster) is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1825...
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NGC 147 (also known as DDO3 or Caldwell 17) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 Mly away in the constellation Cassiopeia. NGC 147 is a member of the...
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NGC 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy with the morphological type of Sab, located in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC 2 was discovered by Lawrence Parsons...
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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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NGC 486, also occasionally referred to as LEDA 1281966 or GC 275, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. NGC 486 was discovered on December 6...
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NGC 4892 is a spiral or lenticular galaxy with LINER activity located 275 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered...
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NGC 246 (also known as the Skull Nebula or Caldwell 56) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. It is the first known planetary nebula to have...
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Heart Nebula (redirect from NGC 896)
part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's...
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