• 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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    NGC 3621 is a field spiral galaxy about 22 Mly (6.7 Mpc) away in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It was discovered by German-British astronomer...
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    Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
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    2608 and NGC 5135 Revealed with Broadband X-Ray Spectroscopy". The Astrophysical Journal. 897 (1): 107. arXiv:2005.08718. Bibcode:2020ApJ...897..107Y. doi:10...
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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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    M96 Group (redirect from NGC 3379 Group)
    et al. The Leo Triplet, which includes the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628, is located physically near the M96 Group. Some group identification...
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    Messier 96 (redirect from NGC 3368)
    Messier 96 (also known as M96 or NGC 3368) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 31 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered...
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    Maia (star) (redirect from NGC 1432)
    by one of the brighter reflection nebulae within the Pleiades, designated NGC 1432 and sometimes called the Maia Nebula. The name Maia originates with...
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    spectroscopy of NGC 6539 and UKS 1: two intermediate metallicity bulge globular clusters", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 363 (3): 897–904,...
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    galaxy NGC 4789A NGC 4565 (Needle Galaxy) NGC 4651, with umbrella-shaped stellar streams The constellation Coma Berenices hosts the galaxy NGC 4495 among...
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    Geller & J. P. Huchra, Science 246, 897 (1989)". Science. 246 (4932): 897–903. doi:10.1126/science.246.4932.897. PMID 17812575. S2CID 31328798. Archived...
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    galaxies. 1949 – J. G. Bolton, G. J. Stanley, and O. B. Slee identify NGC 4486 (M87) and NGC 5128 as extragalactic radio sources. 1953 – Gérard de Vaucouleurs...
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    is probably due to a past collision, possibly with the nearby NGC 4027A. NGC 4782 and NGC 4783 are a pair of merging elliptical galaxies in the northeastern...
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    Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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  • 37% rule, since 1 e ≈ 37 % {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{e}}\approx 37\%} . NGC 2169 is known as the 37 Cluster, due to its resemblance of the numerals....
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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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  • 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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    (464 inch) wide single circular telescope and the resolution of a 22.8 m (897 inch) wide one. The LBT mirrors individually are the joint second-largest...
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  • together with the name of the observing project (HUDF, SDSS, 3C, CFHQS, NGC/IC, etc.) This is a list of galaxies that are well known by something other...
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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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    under the direction of American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble, targeting NGC 2261, an object also known as Hubble's Variable Nebula. The telescope continues...
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    CoRoT. Among them HD 46150 and HD 46223 (members of the galactic cluster NGC 2264) and HD 46966 (member of the OB association Mon OB2) do not seem to...
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  • California State Historic Landmark #881[citation needed] In astronomy, NGC 881 is an Sc type galaxy in the constellation Cetus. A bilingual play on...
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    Exoplanet TOI 700 D". The Astrophysical Journal. 897 (1): 101. arXiv:2005.11587. Bibcode:2020ApJ...897..101C. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab9637. S2CID 218869952...
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  • Quintet of New Milky Way Companions". The Astrophysical Journal. 654 (2): 897–906. arXiv:astro-ph/0608448. Bibcode:2007ApJ...654..897B. doi:10.1086/509718...
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    light-years=24; where "65.00 × 60.0 (arcmin)" sourced from Revised NGC Data for NGC 1976 distance × sin( diameter_angle ), using distance of 5kpc (15.8...
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    NGC 7025 is a spiral galaxy located about 210 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Delphinus. NGC 7025 is also classified as a LINER...
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  • cosmic objects and systems including references to NGC 2392 as "the Eskimo Nebula" and NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 as the "Siamese Twins Galaxy". 10 August The...
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    the constellation of Coma Berenices. It lies near to another spiral galaxy NGC 4540, although the two of them are quite far. The object was discovered by...
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