NGC 247 (also known as Caldwell 62 and commonly known as the Claw Galaxy) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 11.1 Mly away in the constellation Cetus...
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S2CID 203593402. Neugent, Kathryn (2022). "Locating Red Supergiants in the Galaxy NGC 6822". The Astronomical Journal. 163 (2): 70. arXiv:2112.03990. Bibcode:2022AJ...
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collaborators. NGC, IC, UGC, and PGC numbers have been used when possible to allow for easier referencing. The irregular galaxy NGC 55, the spiral galaxy NGC 300...
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Sculptor Galaxy (redirect from NGC 253)
the Andromeda Galaxy and the Sombrero Galaxy) and the companion galaxies NGC 247, PGC 2881, PGC 2933, Sculptor-dE1, and UGCA 15 form a gravitationally-bound...
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luminosity and is located 3.6 degrees northeast from NGC 253, and 2.8 degrees southeast from NGC 247. TON S180 was first discovered in the year 1958 by...
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118.22 ± 5.34 Mly (36.247 ± 1.637 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 20 March 1790. NGC 4545 is the brightest galaxy...
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Maslennikova, O. (2020). "New luminous blue variable candidates in the NGC 247 galaxy". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 497 (4): 4834...
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Galaxy NGC 1090". Retrieved Dec. 26, 2006 Matthews, Doug & Betts, Charles (2003). "NGC 2541". Retrieved Dec. 26 2006. Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 2715" Archived...
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Astrophysics. 402: 247–252. arXiv:astro-ph/0303189. Bibcode:2003A&A...402..247P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030266. S2CID 7215863. Media related to NGC 2451 at Wikimedia...
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objects, such as the Hyades, the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884), and the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253). The Messier catalogue was actually compiled...
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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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"et al."(2006) The Araucaria Project: Distance to the Local Group Galaxy NGC 3109 from Near-Infrared Photometry of Cepheids see [3] Archived 2020-02-01...
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NGC 664 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pisces. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5137 ± 21 km/s, which corresponds...
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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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NGC 751 is an elliptical galaxy approximately 225 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Triangulum. It forms a close pair of interacting...
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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 7625, or Arp 212, is a peculiar galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. It was discovered on October 15, 1784, by William Herschel. In his New General...
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Rosette Nebula (redirect from NGC 2237)
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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II Program. The catalogue contains 400 objects. All objects are from the NGC. All objects are visible in mid northern latitudes, since they were all observed...
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The sample of galaxies include NGC 6822, IC 1613 and NGC 3109 in the Local Group, and NGC 55, NGC 247, NGC 300 and NGC 7793 in the Sculptor Group. The...
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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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NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 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 750 is an elliptical galaxy approximately 225 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Triangulum. It forms a close pair of interacting...
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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 7469 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. NGC 7469 is located about 200 million light-years away from Earth, which means...
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Messier 23 (redirect from NGC 6494)
Messier 23, also known as NGC 6494, is an open cluster of stars in the northwest of the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles...
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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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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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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 206 is a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy, and the brightest star cloud in Andromeda when viewed from Earth. NGC 206 is the richest and most...
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