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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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    the massive compact galaxy NGC 1277". Nature. 555 (7697): 483–486. arXiv:1803.04893. Bibcode:2018Natur.555..483B. doi:10.1038/nature25756. ISSN 0028-0836...
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    NGC 4395 is a nearby low surface brightness spiral galaxy located about 14 million light-years (or 4.3 Mpc) from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici...
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    Bibcode:1938Natur.142..715S. doi:10.1038/142715b0. S2CID 4071472. Media related to NGC 1049 at Wikimedia Commons NGC 1049 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX...
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    NGC 1052-DF2 is an ultra diffuse galaxy (UDG) identified in a wide-field imaging survey of the NGC 1052 group by the Dragonfly Telephoto Array. It has...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4526
    NGC 4526 (also listed as NGC 4560) is a lenticular galaxy with an embedded dusty disc, located approximately 55 million light-years from the Solar System...
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  • Thumbnail for Tarantula Nebula
    Tarantula Nebula (redirect from NGC 2069)
    been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4889
    NGC 4889 (also known as Caldwell 35) is an E4 supergiant elliptical galaxy. It was discovered in 1785 by the British astronomer Frederick William Herschel...
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    NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...
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    emission line filaments in NGC 1275". Nature. 454 (7207): 968–970. arXiv:0808.2712. Bibcode:2008Natur.454..968F. doi:10.1038/nature07169. PMID 18719583...
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    right/bottom): NGC 7541, NGC 3021, NGC 5643, NGC 3254, NGC 3147, NGC 105, NGC 2608, NGC 3583, NGC 3147, MRK 1337, NGC 5861, NGC 2525, NGC 1015, UGC 9391, NGC 691...
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    Bibcode:2013Natur.494..432R. doi:10.1038/494432a. PMID 23446411. S2CID 205076505. - Unambiguous Determination of the Spin of the Black Hole in NGC 1365 Wikimedia Commons...
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    Messier 106 (redirect from NGC 4258)
    NGC 4258 from orbital motions in a nuclear gas disk". Nature. 400 (6744): 539–541. arXiv:astro-ph/9907013. Bibcode:1999Natur.400..539H. doi:10.1038/22972...
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    M81 Group (redirect from NGC 3031 Group)
    2004dj in NGC 2403 NGC 4236 from GALEX NGC 2366 from Hubble Space Telescope Galaxy NGC 2976 from Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared Galaxy NGC 2976 from...
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    Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5194)
    The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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    compact lenticular galaxy NGC 1277". Nature. 491 (7426): 729–731. arXiv:1211.6429. Bibcode:2012Natur.491..729V. doi:10.1038/nature11592. PMID 23192149...
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  • 501 NGC 821 NGC 1023 NGC 1097 NGC 1271 NGC 1277 NGC 1332 NGC 1566 NGC 2787 NGC 3079 NGC 3115 NGC 3377 NGC 3384 NGC 3998 NGC 4151 NGC 4261 NGC 4438 NGC 4459...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4993
    NGC 4993 (also catalogued as NGC 4994 in the New General Catalogue) is a lenticular galaxy located about 140 million light-years away in the constellation...
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  • Thumbnail for Pinwheel Galaxy
    Pinwheel Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5457)
    The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on, unbarred, and counterclockwise spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years...
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    Messier 81 (redirect from NGC 3031)
    Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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  • Thumbnail for Black Eye Galaxy
    Black Eye Galaxy (redirect from NGC 4826)
    Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away...
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    Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from NGC 224)
    originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a D25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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  • Thumbnail for Centaurus A
    Centaurus A (redirect from NGC 5128)
    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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  • Thumbnail for Messier 105
    Messier 105 (redirect from NGC 3379)
    Messier 105 or M105, also known as NGC 3379, is an elliptical galaxy 36.6 million light-years away in the equatorial constellation of Leo. It is the biggest...
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    Bibcode:2008Natur.453..469S. doi:10.1038/nature06997. PMID 18497815. S2CID 453215. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 2770. Retrieved 2008-05-26...
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  • Thumbnail for Spring Triangle
    Two named groups of galaxies are the Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4435 and NGC 4438) and the Leo Triplet (NGC 3628, Messier 65, Messier 66). Summer Triangle Winter...
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    extension), Leo II, Virgo III, Crater (NGC 3672), Leo I, Leo Minor (NGC 2841), Draco (NGC 5907), Antlia (NGC 2997), and NGC 5643. Of the luminous galaxies located...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 2146
    NGC 2146 (also known as the Dusty Hand Galaxy) is a barred spiral galaxy type SB(s)ab pec in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered...
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    companion". Nature. 7296: 322–325. doi:10.1038/nature09056. Media related to NGC 1032 at Wikimedia Commons NGC 1032 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS...
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