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    NGC 155 is a lenticular galaxy in the Cetus constellation. It was discovered on September 1, 1886, by Lewis A. Swift. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc...
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    "Stars and gas in the very large interacting galaxy NGC 6872". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 464 (1): 155–165. arXiv:astro-ph/0701291. Bibcode:2007A&A...464...
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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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    NGC 1232, also known as the Eye of God Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. It was...
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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 3656 (= PGC 34989 = PGC 2452392 = Arp 155)". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 19 November 2018. Balcells, Marc (10 September 1997). "Two Tails in NGC 3656...
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    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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    Companions: Hidden Treasures. Cambridge University Press. pp. 155–157. ISBN 9780521837040. "NGC 1980 (= OCL 529), the ί Orionis Nebula". cseligman. Retrieved...
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    measurements yield a distance of 46.260 ± 3.155 Mpc (~151 million ly), which is within the Hubble distance range. NGC 1024 is the largest and brightest of a...
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  • Thumbnail for Black Eye Galaxy
    Black Eye Galaxy (redirect from NGC 4826)
    Sleeping Beauty Galaxy or Evil Eye Galaxy and designated Messier 64, M64, or NGC 4826) is a relatively isolated spiral galaxy 17 million light-years away...
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    discovering 76 Freia, nebulae, and galaxies, discovering NGC 1 in 1861 and NGC 26 and NGC 358 in 1865. In 1864 D'Arrest made an unsuccessful search for...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3783
    NGC 3783 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 135 million light years away in the constellation Centaurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic...
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  • Thumbnail for Owl Nebula
    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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1555
    NGC 1555, sometimes known as Hind's Variable Nebula, Sh2-238 or HH 155, is a variable nebula 4 light years across, illuminated by the star T Tauri, located...
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    NGC 381 is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, located at a distance of approximately 3,120 light-years from the Sun...
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    NGC 4526 (also listed as NGC 4560) is a lenticular galaxy with an embedded dusty disc, located approximately 55 million light-years from the Solar System...
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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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    the 1962 Supernova in NGC 1313". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 131: 155–157. doi:10.1093/mnras/131.1.155. "SN 1962M". Transient...
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    Messier 89 (redirect from NGC 4552)
    Messier 89 (M89 for short, also known as NGC 4552) is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by Charles Messier on March 18...
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    Metal-deficient Open Cluster NGC 2506". The Astronomical Journal. 155 (3): 21. arXiv:1802.03447. Bibcode:2018AJ....155..138A. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aaad66...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1325
    NGC 1325 is a flocculent spiral galaxy situated in the constellation of Eridanus. Located about 75 million light years away, it is a member of the Eridanus...
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    Messier 21 (redirect from NGC 6531)
    (December 2001), "The Galactic Open Cluster NGC 6531 (M21)", Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society, 34 (3): 149–155, Bibcode:2001JKAS...34..149P, doi:10...
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    10,000 to 16,000 light-years. Embedded in M24 is NGC 6603, a small star cluster that is very dense. NGC 6567, a dim planetary nebula, and Barnard 92, a...
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    of the Fornax Cluster. NGC 1419 is a host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 25 million solar masses. 155 known globular clusters...
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    NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark discs of gas, and young...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 457
    NGC 457 (also designated Caldwell 13, and known as the Dragonfly Cluster, E.T. Cluster, Owl Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster or Phi Cassiopeiae Cluster)...
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  • Thumbnail for Crescent Nebula
    Crescent Nebula (redirect from NGC 6888)
    The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 2911
    NGC 2913, NGC 2914, and NGC 2939. NGC 2912 lies at a distance of 1.3 arcminutes while NGC 2914 lies at a distance of 4.8 arcminutes. NGC 2919 appears...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 2359
    NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand...
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  • Thumbnail for Sh 2-279
    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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