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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Tarantula Nebula (redirect from NGC 2069)
been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area...
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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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stellar halo in NGC 4244". Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2 (S241). Cambridge University Press: 523–524. doi:10.1017/S1743921307009003...
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Messier 106 (redirect from NGC 4258)
Bibcode:2007IAUS..240...79B. doi:10.1017/S1743921307003845. S2CID 18827791. Humphreys, E. M. L.; et al. (2004). "Improved Maser Distance to NGC 4258". Bulletin of the...
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Messier 90 (redirect from NGC 4569)
Messier 90 (also known as M90 and NGC 4569) is an intermediate spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure about 60 million light-years away[a]...
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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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arXiv:1109.5609. Bibcode:2012IAUS..283..338D. doi:10.1017/S1743921312011313. "Planetary Nebula NGC 2438 in Puppis". kopernik.org. March 13, 2000. Retrieved...
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Galaxies in the Area of the NGC 972 Group of Galaxies". Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 161: 553–555. doi:10.1017/S0074180900048075. ISSN 0074-1809...
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199–203. Bibcode:2007IAUS..237..199S. doi:10.1017/S1743921307001469. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 250 - 299". Cseligman. Retrieved October 18, 2016...
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Orders of magnitude (mass) (section 1012 to 1017 kg)
by the human species. 3.8×1016 kg Total carbon stored in the oceans. 1017 1.6×1017 kg Prometheus, a shepherd satellite for the inner edge of Saturn's F...
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NGC 6445, also known as the Little Gem Nebula or Box Nebula, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by William Herschel...
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NGC 1218 is a lenticular galaxy in Cetus that hosts the radio source 3C 78. It was discovered in 1886 by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. It is located...
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NGC 5866 (sometimes considered to be Messier Object 102) that bears its name to a small group that also includes the spiral galaxies NGC 5879 and NGC...
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Spiral galaxies of different morphological types in the SDSS NGC 4314 (SBa) M95 (SBb) NGC 3367 (SBc) The spiral structure of galaxies exhibits considerable...
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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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hole candidates include the Andromeda Galaxy, M32, M87, NGC 3115, NGC 3377, NGC 4258, NGC 4889, NGC 1277, OJ 287, APM 08279+5255 and the Sombrero Galaxy...
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Metropolitana in 1845. Discoveries of Herschel include the galaxies NGC 7, NGC 10, NGC 25, and NGC 28. He declined an offer from the Duke of Sussex that they travel...
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In 1782, William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus, found the Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009) and described it as "A curious nebula, or what else to call it I do...
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open cluster in the constellation Hydra. The New General Catalogue object NGC 48, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. The prophecies...
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IC 4970 (section Interaction with NGC 6872)
light-years (65 Mpc) from Earth and is interacting with the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872. It was discovered on 21 September 1900 by American astronomer DeLisle...
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NGC 5307 is a planetary nebula in the southern constellation of Centaurus, positioned less than 3° to the northeast of the star Epsilon Centauri. It was...
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light-years=24; where "65.00 × 60.0 (arcmin)" sourced from Revised NGC Data for NGC 1976 distance × sin( diameter_angle ), using distance of 5kpc (15.8...
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galaxy associated with NGC 1534". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 36: e016. arXiv:1806.09255. doi:10.1017/pasa.2018.26. ISSN 1323-3580...
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lacks a galactic bulge. NGC 3319 is relatively isolated. It is in a small group of galaxies including NGC 3104, NGC 3184, and NGC 3198. The nearest galaxy...
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Neutrino Observatory found evidence of high-energy neutrino emission from NGC 1068, also known as Messier 77, an active galaxy in the constellation Cetus...
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star. Within the constellation's borders lie NGC 2419, an unusually remote globular cluster; the galaxy NGC 2770, which has hosted three recent Type Ib...
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Sky: Past Heritage and Future Directions. Springer. pp. 119–121. doi:10.1017/S007418090013949X. ISBN 978-90-277-2810-4. Anonymous (June 28, 2007). "The...
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binaries: The disappearance of N6946-BH1 following a failed supernova in NGC 6946 may have resulted in the formation of a black hole. Black holes in fiction...
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Retrieved 19 November 2011. Baade, W. (1944) The resolution of Messier 32, NGC 205, and the central region of the Andromeda nebula. ApJ 100 137–146 Baade...
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