NGC 120 is a lenticular galaxy of type SB0? pec? with an apparent magnitude of 13.4 located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on 27 September...
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Eyes Galaxies (redirect from NGC 4438)
The Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4435-NGC 4438, also known as Arp 120) are a pair of galaxies about 52 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The pair...
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Numismatic Guaranty Company (redirect from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC))
employed. NGC offers Oversize holders for coins larger than 45 mm and up to 120 mm, and Mega holders for coins larger than 120 mm and up to 180 mm. NGC's label...
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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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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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Flame Nebula (redirect from NGC 2024)
The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance...
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of the NGC 1762 Group (also known as LGG 120) that includes at least 27 galaxies, including IC 392, NGC 1633, NGC 1642, NGC 1691, NGC 1713, NGC 1719, and...
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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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NGC 7393 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Aquarius. It is estimated to about 120 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 70,000...
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NGC 7331, also known as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years (12 Mpc) away in the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered...
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Messier 93 (redirect from NGC 2447)
Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447 or the Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop...
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NGC 3115 (also called the Spindle Galaxy or Caldwell 53) is a field lenticular (S0) galaxy in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by...
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Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
p. 120. ISBN 978-0-943396-14-9. Trusock, Tom. "§"The Veil"". Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews. Small Wonders: Cygnus ... Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 6960...
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NGC 602 is a young, bright open cluster of stars located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. It was discovered on...
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4062, NGC 4173, NGC 4203, NGC 4245, NGC 4251, NGC 4274, NGC 4278, NGC 4283, NGC 4310, NGC 4314, NGC 4359, NGC 4414, NGC 4509, NGC 4525, UGC 7300, and MCG +05-29-066...
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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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Butterfly Cluster (redirect from NGC 6405)
The Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name...
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145 ± 19 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 120.1 ± 8.4 Mpc (~392 million ly). NGC 646 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in...
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(1986). "Photometry of Open Cluster NGC 1931". Astrophysics and Space Science. 120 (1): 107–113. Bibcode:1986Ap&SS.120..107P. doi:10.1007/BF00653902. S2CID 123187383...
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NGC 1569 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in Camelopardalis. The galaxy is relatively nearby and consequently, the Hubble Space Telescope can easily resolve...
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NGC 2927 is a large barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 7830 ± 20 km/s,...
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and is 120 parsecs above the galactic plane. It is approximately 6m 42s east and 10′ 12″ south from the nearest visible star, γ Persei. NGC 1220 consists...
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Messier 69 (redirect from NGC 6637)
Messier 69 or M69, also known NGC 6637, and NGC 6634, is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It can be found 2.5° to the...
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galaxy NGC 1642 is part of the NGC 1762 group (also known as LGG 120) that includes at least 27 galaxies, including IC 392, NGC 1590, NGC 1633, NGC 1691...
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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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Owl Nebula (redirect from NGC 3587)
The Owl Nebula (also known as Messier 97, M97 or NGC 3587) is a planetary nebula approximately 2,030 light years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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in the two galaxies. List of NGC objects (6001–7000) Arp 120 Arp 272 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6040. Retrieved 2018-01-12. Huang...
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light-years from the Galactic Center. Tadross, A. L. (2011). "A catalog of 120 NGC open star clusters". Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society. 44 (1)...
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NGC 7029 is an elliptical galaxy located about 120 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Indus. NGC 7029 has an estimated diameter of...
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NGC 1532. Type II. SN 1981D in NGC 1316. Type Ia. SN 1983G in NGC 4753. Type Ia. SN 1983N in NGC 5236. (M83.) Prototype of Type Ib. SN 1983S in NGC 1448...
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