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    NGC 5876 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Boötes. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3325 ± 5 km/s, which...
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    Explorer★" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421 (4): 3325–3337. arXiv:1201.2854. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.421.3325G. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966...
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    NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy about 75 million light years away in the constellation Sextans. It has the morphological classification SA(s)a pec, which...
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    NGC 3009 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is about 35 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 4,445...
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    NGC 3302 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia. It was discovered by the astronomer John Herschel on January 28, 1835. "NGC 3302"...
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    Wolf-Rayet nebulae include: NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) NGC 2359 (Thor's Helmet Nebula) M1-67 (Luminous Blue Variable Nebula) NGC 3199 (Nebula around WR 18)...
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    light-years from the Sun. It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3005, NGC 3006, and a few others. Among these galaxies...
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    NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans, discovered by Édouard Stephan on March 16, 1855. It is about...
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    NGC 3301, also known as NGC 3760, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo. Its apparent magnitude in the V-band is 11.1. It was first observed...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3486
    NGC 3486 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 27.4 million light years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has a morphological...
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    It is a member of the NGC 2998 group, which also includes NGC 2998, NGC 3002, NGC 3006, NGC 3008, and a few others. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc...
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    The closest is the 11th magnitude star at 39", and the brightest is BD+32 3325 just over 2' away. The primary component, 17 Lyrae A, is a 5th magnitude...
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