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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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  • 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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    NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...
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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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    velocity is 4,881 km/s (3,033 mi/s). NGC 7015 was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on September 29, 1878. NGC 7015 has two symmetric inner arms...
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    Milky Way. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878. List of NGC objects (1–1000) Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August...
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    Centaurus A (redirect from NGC 5128)
    Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James...
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    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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    diameter of approximately 110,000 ly. NGC 906 was discovered on October 30, 1878 by astronomer Édouard Stephan. List of NGC objects (1–1000) Skrutskie, Michael...
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    NGC 1741 is a distant pair of interacting galaxies (NGC 1741A and NGC 1741B) in the Eridanus constellation. It was discovered on 6 January 1878 by French...
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    NGC 4015 is a lenticular galaxy in the Coma Berenices. It is located between 215 and 220 million light years away. Its visual magnitude is 13.15. It was...
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    magnitude of 12.1. NGC 7048 was discovered by Édouard Stephan on 19 October 1878 using a 31.5-inch reflector. The central star of NGC 7048 is thought to...
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    NGC 304 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on October 23, 1878, by Édouard Stephan. One supernova, SN 2021dnn (type Ia...
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    Milky Way. It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878. List of NGC objects (1–1000) Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August...
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    astronomer Édouard Stephan on 30 October 1878. It is a member of the galaxy cluster Abell 347. List of NGC objects (1–1000) Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri...
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    galaxies, such as NGC 6, NGC 19 and NGC 27. He independently observed NGC 17, leading to its separate listing in the New General Catalogue as NGC 34. According...
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    Messier 38 (redirect from NGC 1912)
    Messier 38 or M38, also known as NGC 1912 or Starfish Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga. It was discovered by Giovanni...
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    that NGC 6951 is about 100,000 light-years across. It was discovered by Jérôme Eugène Coggia in 1877 and independently by Lewis Swift in 1878. NGC 6951...
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    Orion Nebula (redirect from NGC 1976)
    The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation...
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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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  • Nebula NGC 7027 1878 3.0 (approx.) 10 Cygnus Helix Nebula NGC 7293 1824 0.68 +0.15 −0.08 7.6 Aquarius Little Dumbbell Nebula M76 NGC 650, NGC 651 1780...
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    27 galaxies, including IC 392, NGC 1590, NGC 1633, NGC 1691, NGC 1713, NGC 1719, and NGC 1762, among others. List of NGC objects (1001–2000) "NASA/IPAC...
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    NGC 1512 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 38 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Horologium. The galaxy displays a double...
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    at least 8 other galaxies: NGC 1586, NGC 1587, NGC 1588, NGC 1589, UGC 3054, UGC 3058, UGC 3072 and UGC 3080. List of NGC objects (1001–2000) "NASA/IPAC...
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    NGC 1761 (also known as GC 980, JH 2710, LH 9) is an open cluster in the Dorado constellation in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It encompasses a group of...
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    galaxies, including M31's companions M110 and M32, as well as the more distant NGC 891, lie within Andromeda. The Blue Snowball Nebula, a planetary nebula,...
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    27 galaxies, including IC 392, NGC 1633, NGC 1642, NGC 1691, NGC 1713, NGC 1719, and NGC 1762, among others. List of NGC objects (1001–2000) "NASA/IPAC...
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    Messier 36 (redirect from NGC 1960)
    Messier 36 or M36, also known as NGC 1960 or the Pinwheel Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the somewhat northern Auriga constellation. It was discovered...
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    What You Need to Know. Krause. p. 145. ISBN 0-89689-182-8. NGC Photo Proof (1994). "1878–1921 Silver Dollar Morgan". CoinSite. ROKO Design Group, Inc...
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    Messier 43 (redirect from NGC 1982)
    Messier 43 or M43, also known as De Mairan's Nebula and NGC 1982, is a star-forming nebula with a prominent H II region in the equatorial constellation...
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