NGC 66 is a barred spiral galaxy discovered by Frank Muller in 1886, and is located in the Cetus constellation. New General Catalogue List of NGC objects...
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constellation Leo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 66, a peculiar barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. 66 Maja, a carbonaceous background asteroid...
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This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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Messier 66 or M66, also known as NGC 3627, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern, equatorial half of Leo. It was discovered by French astronomer...
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This is a list of NGC objects 2001–3000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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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 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the...
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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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This is a list of NGC objects 7001–7840 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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This is a list of NGC objects 5001–6000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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NGC 1300 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 65 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The galaxy is about 110,000 light-years across...
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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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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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NGC 7427 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9336 ± 35 km/s, which...
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Cat's Eye Nebula (redirect from NGC 6543)
The Cat's Eye Nebula (also known as NGC 6543 and Caldwell 6) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel...
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Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula") and...
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1934 and NGC 1935. NGC 1978 (RA 05h 28m 36s Dec -66° 14.0′) is an open cluster. NGC 2002 (RA 05h 30m 17s Dec -66° 53.1′) is an open cluster. NGC 2014 (RA...
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likely that NGC 300 and NGC 55 form a gravitationally bound pair. In 1986, Allan Sandage estimated the distance to NGC 300 to be 5.41 Mly (1.66 Mpc). By...
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its dynamic instability" (PDF). Astronomical Journal. 66: 555–557. Bibcode:1961AJ.....66..555M. "NGC 4461". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg...
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distance of 66.7 ± 4.7 Mpc (~218 million light years.). NGC 2959 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 28 October 1831. NGC 2959 has a...
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that includes NGC 3370, NGC 3454, NGC 3455, and UGC 5945. List of NGC objects (3001–4000) "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3443. Retrieved...
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NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding...
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This is a list of NGC objects 4001–5000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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NGC 13 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be about 220 million light-years (66 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun. It was...
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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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1960s. Member galaxies include M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435. It is located at RA 12h 27m...
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NGC 5694 (also known as Caldwell 66) is a globular cluster in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel. This globular cluster...
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