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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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  • ISSN 0004-6361. "Dark galaxy crashing into the Milky Way". New Scientist. No. 2735. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-12. Clark, Stuart (2005-02-23). "Astronomers...
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    NGC 2803, also known as PCG 26181, is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the zodiac constellation Cancer. It was discovered March 21, 1784, by William...
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    a LVC (Low Velocity Cloud) subclump, centered on the large spiral galaxy NGC 4216. Notably, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 contains a supermassive black...
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    NGC 2903 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, positioned about 1.5° due south of Lambda Leonis. It was discovered...
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    NGC 2800, also known as PGC 26302, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered February 17, 1831 by William Herschel. Skrutskie...
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    Formulation of the Observing Campaign". The Astronomical Journal. 120 (6): 2735–46. Bibcode:2000AJ....120.2735W. doi:10.1086/316854.{{cite journal}}: CS1...
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    NGC 2950 is a lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and receding with a heliocentric...
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    NGC 2509 is an open cluster in the constellation of Puppis. It was discovered on 3 December 1783 by William Herschel. It was described as "bright, pretty...
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    Phoebe (with NGC 4179 in the lower right corner) as imaged with a 24" telescope...
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  • Thumbnail for List of gravitational wave observations
    observatories; first polarization measurement GW170817 12:41:04 2017-10-16 16; NGC 4993 33.0+0.0 −2.1 40±10 ≥ 0.04 1.186+0.001 −0.001 0.00+0.02 −0.01 NS 1.46+0...
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