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    NGC 515, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5201 or UGC 956, is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 228 million light-years from the Solar System...
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    astronomer William Herschel. Herschel discovered the object along with NGC 515 using Beta Andromedae as a reference star. He described his discovery as...
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    of 157.78 ± 11.05 Mpc (∼515 million light-years). It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 17 April 1887. NGC 5988 is a LINER galaxy, i...
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    NGC 510 is a double star in the constellation of Pisces. The stars are separated 8", and located 7' ESE of NGC 499 and 9' WNW of NGC 515. The RNGC mislabels...
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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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    "Adjusting the bow-tie: A morpho-kinematic study of NGC 40". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515 (2): 1557–1567. arXiv:2206.13368. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1761...
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    Carina Nebula (redirect from NGC 3372)
    The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity...
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    Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from NGC 598)
    Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74 kiloparsecs...
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    Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, M32, NGC 205, NGC 6822, NGC 185, IC 1613 and NGC 147. He also identified IC 10 as a possible part of the...
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    NGC 6503 is a field dwarf spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Draco. It was discovered by German astronomer Arthur von Auwers on July 22, 1854...
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    early-type galaxies in the NGC 3169 group", Astronomy Letters, 32 (8): 534–544, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..534S, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.515.4412, doi:10.1134/S1063773706080044...
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    NGC 5144 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Minor. It has a velocity of 3,202 ± 9 km/s corresponding to a Hubble Distance...
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  • elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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  • cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
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    proposed, showing that the rotation curves for the Milky Way, NGC 3031, NGC 3198 and NGC 7331 are consistent with the mass density distributions of the...
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    supernovae have been observed in the galaxy, and NGC 5962 has two satellite galaxies. Slightly fainter is NGC 5921, a barred spiral galaxy with a LINER-type...
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    NGC 613 is a barred spiral galaxy located 67 million light years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor. This galaxy was discovered in 1798 by...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 82, a single star in the constellation Andromeda. Eighty-two is also: The...
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  • cluster in the constellation Capricornus The New General Catalogue object NGC 30, a double star in the constellation Pegasus Thirty is: Used (as –30–)...
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    Possible examples include the black holes at the cores of TON 618, NGC 6166, ESO 444-46 and NGC 4889, which are among the most massive black holes known. Some...
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    11.5 galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 59, a magnitude 12.4 spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. Beethoven's...
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    star-forming rate. NGC 253-dw2 (2016) is a dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy candidate undergoing tidal disruption around the nearby galaxy NGC 253. The galaxy...
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  • AD and 264 BC The longest someone has gone without sleeping is 264 hours. NGC 264, a lenticular galaxy Weisstein, Eric W. "Composite Number". mathworld...
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  • cluster in the constellation Sagittarius The New General Catalogue object NGC 55, a magnitude 7.9 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor The...
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  • open cluster in the constellation Puppis. The New General Catalogue object NGC 46, a star in the constellation Pisces. Japanese idol group franchise Sakamichi...
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    considered the galaxy to be a member of the LGG 334 group, along with NGC 5005 and NGC 5033. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for IC 4182. Retrieved...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices The New General Catalogue object NGC 91, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Ninety-one is also: The...
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  • in the constellation of Sagittarius; 69 Hesperia is a main-belt asteroid. NGC 69 is the designation given to a barred lenticular galaxy located in the...
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  • constellation Lyra, also known as the Ring Nebula The New General Catalogue object NGC 57, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pisces. Passenger 57, a film...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The New General Catalogue object NGC 88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix, and a member of Robert's...
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