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    NGC 3977 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,975±13 km/s, which corresponds...
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    radial velocity of 846 km/s. It is a member of the NGC 3992 Group of galaxies. NGC 3972 along with NGC 3977 are listed together as Holm 304 in Erik Holmberg's...
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    This is a list of NGC objects 3001–4000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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    Herschel added it to the General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters as number 3977. However, Lewis Swift reported the galaxy independently on 22 October 1897...
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    NGC 5728 is an active barred spiral galaxy located 146 million light years away in the southern constellation of Libra. It was discovered on May 7, 1787...
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    NGC 3938 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by William Herschel. It is one of the brightest...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3877
    NGC 3877 is a type Sc spiral galaxy that was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788. It is located below the magnitude 3.7 star Chi Ursae...
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    NGC 3949 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 50 million light-years away from the Earth. It was discovered by...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3607
    NGC 3607 is a small but fairly bright lenticular galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, about 2.5° south of the prominent star Delta Leonis. The...
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    NGC 3593 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It has a morphological classification of SA(s)0/a, which indicates it is a lenticular...
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    NGC 3818 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It is at a distance of about 118 million light-years away from Earth. In the center of NGC...
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    NGC 3686 is a spiral galaxy that forms with three other spiral galaxies, NGCs 3681, 3684, and 3691, a quartet of galaxies in the Leo constellation. It...
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    NGC 3599 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 14, 1784. The galaxy is located at a...
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