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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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  • 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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  • 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 151 is a mid-sized barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer William Herschel on November...
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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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    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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    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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    NGC 1616 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located around 213 million light-years away in the constellation Caelum. NGC 1616 was discovered on October 24th...
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    discovered on October 17, 1876, by Édouard Stephan (listed as NGC 575) and on January 18, 1896, by Stéphane Javelle (listed as IC 1710). NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC...
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    Swift on August 8, 1896 and was listed in the IC catalogue as IC 5228. It is also part of a group of interacting galaxies. NGC 4036 NGC 2787 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic...
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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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    NGC 1530 is a barred spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. It was discovered by German astronomer W. Tempel in 1876. Danish astronomer...
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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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    Lambda Persei. The same telescope field contains the clusters NGC 1528 and NGC 1545. NGC 1513 was discovered in 1790 by the German-British astronomer William...
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    Crab Nebula (redirect from NGC 1952)
    The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1947
    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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    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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    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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    Messier 79 (redirect from NGC 1904)
    Messier 79 (also known as M79 or NGC 1904) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation Lepus. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and...
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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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    NGC 1569 is a dwarf irregular galaxy in Camelopardalis. The galaxy is relatively nearby and consequently, the Hubble Space Telescope can easily resolve...
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    NGC 1537 is an elliptical galaxy located around 64 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 1537 is south of the celestial equator and...
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    IC 4026 (category Astronomical objects discovered in 1896)
    Coma Galaxy Cluster". Astronomy Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-28. "Galaxies NGC 4874/4889 + Coma Galaxy Cluster | Deep⋆Sky Corner". www.deepskycorner.ch...
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    NGC 1819 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Orion. It was discovered on December 26, 1885, by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift. This galaxy...
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    NGC 1566, sometimes known as the Spanish Dancer, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado, positioned about 3.5° to the south of the...
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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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    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 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the Tadpole Nebula (HII...
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    he identified the objects now designated Messier 41, Messier 47, NGC 2362 and NGC 2451. It was realized as early as 1767 that the stars in a cluster...
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    NGC 1854 (also known as NGC 1855) is a young globular cluster in the northern part of the central bar structure of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado...
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