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    NGC 522, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5218 or UGC 970, is a spiral galaxy located approximately 122 million light-years from the Solar System...
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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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    Helix Nebula (redirect from NGC 7293)
    The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding...
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    NGC 1947 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy in the constellation Dorado. The galaxy lies about 50 million light years away from Earth, which means, given...
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    Pinwheel Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5457)
    The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on, unbarred, and counterclockwise spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years...
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    NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a large barred spiral galaxy of type SB(s)b pec in the constellation Pavo. It is 212 million light-years...
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    Messier 52 (redirect from NGC 7654)
    et al. (August 2001), "NGC 7654: An interesting cluster to study star formation history", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 374 (2): 504–522, Bibcode:2001A&A.....
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    Messier 4 (redirect from NGC 6121)
    Messier 4 or M4 (also known as NGC 6121 or the Spider Globular Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by Philippe...
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    early-type galaxies NGC 0612, NGC 1574, and NGC 4261 from CO dynamical modelling". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522 (4): 6170–6195....
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    early-type galaxies NGC 0612, NGC 1574, and NGC 4261 from CO dynamical modelling". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522 (4): 6170–6195....
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    NGC 1373 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located 61 millon light years away in constellation of Fornax. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel...
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    "NGC 146: a young open cluster with a Herbig Be star and intermediate mass pre-main sequence stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 440 (2): 511‐522....
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    NGC 5965 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is located at a distance of circa 150 million light years from Earth, which, given...
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    Messier 10 (redirect from NGC 6254)
    Messier 10 or M10 (also designated NGC 6254) is a globular cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. The object was discovered by...
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    NGC 735 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Triangulum. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4374 ± 18 km/s, which corresponds...
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    Observations of the H II Region NGC 2467: An Analysis of Triggered Star Formation". The Astrophysical Journal. 700 (1): 506–522. arXiv:0711.1515. Bibcode:2009ApJ...
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    objects, such as the Hyades, the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884), and the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253). The Messier catalogue was actually compiled...
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    imaging of the Medusa merger, NGC 4194. Large scale variations in molecular cloud properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 522. id.A59. arXiv:1008.2095. Bibcode:2010A&A...
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    in the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 1978 and 419". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 408 (1): 522–534. arXiv:1006.3121. Bibcode:2010MNRAS...
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    NGC 828 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5118 ± 17 km/s, which corresponds...
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    NGC 708 is an elliptical galaxy located 240 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda and was discovered by astronomer William Herschel...
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    "Evidence Against Dark Matter Halos Surrounding the Globular Clusters MGC1 and NGC 2419". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 72. arXiv:1010.5783. Bibcode:2011ApJ...
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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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  • 8 January 2013. "Air Crash Investigation". National Geographic Channel. NGC Europe Limited. 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved...
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    Milky Way itself. NGC 3172 (also known as Polarissima Borealis) is a faint, magnitude-14.9 galaxy that happens to be the closest NGC object to the north...
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    Astrophysics, 522: 23, arXiv:1008.2966, Bibcode:2010A&A...522A..71J, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014392, S2CID 118505441, A71. Media related to NGC 4147 at Wikimedia...
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    John Herschel. The French astronomer Abbé Lacaille listed NGC 104, NGC 4833, M 55, M 69, and NGC 6397 in his 1751–1752 catalogue. The low resolution of early...
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  • cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
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  • elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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  • Galaxies in the NGC 3109 association are moving away too rapidly to be consistent with expectations in the ΛCDM model. In this framework, NGC 3109 is too...
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