• Thumbnail for NGC 3193
    3162, NGC 3177, NGC 3213, NGC 3226, NGC 3227, NGC 3287, and NGC 3301. It is a member of the Leo II Groups, part of the Virgo Supercluster. NGC 3193 has...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4670
    NGC 4670 is a blue compact galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy lies about 60 million light years away from Earth, which means, given...
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    NGC 6902 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Sagittarius at an approximate distance of 124 million light-years (38.0 Mpc)...
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  • of the group include NGC 1407 (the brightest), NGC 1332, NGC 1309 and NGC 1209. The group's significant population of S0 type galaxies has made it a target...
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    arXiv:1209.4524. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759..118B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/118. S2CID 119257514. Chandra X-ray Observatory (10 March 2011). "NGC 4151:...
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    (2021). "Isochrone fitting of Galactic globular clusters – III. NGC 288, NGC 362, and NGC 6218 (M12)". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society...
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    organized spiral waves and the structure of NGC 5247", The Astrophysical Journal, 427 (3): 1983–1993, arXiv:1209.2879, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427.1983K, doi:10...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 2659
    NGC 2659 is an open cluster in the constellation Vela. It was discovered by John Herschel on 3 February, 1835. It is of Trumpler class III3m. It is a...
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    NGC 852 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Eridanus constellation. It is estimated to be 281 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5917
    NGC 5917 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Libra. It was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel on 16 July 1835. This galaxy...
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    Messier 60 (redirect from NGC 4649)
    Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4649 (M 60): Kinematics and Distance Redetermination", The Astrophysical Journal, 736 (1): 16, arXiv:1105.1209, Bibcode:2011ApJ....
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3603
    NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System. It is a massive H II...
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  • Thumbnail for Orion Nebula
    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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 1566
    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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    Emission in the Nuclear Starburst Region of NGC 2903". The Astrophysical Journal. 758 (2): 17. arXiv:1209.5443. Bibcode:2012ApJ...758..105Y. doi:10...
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    Messier 18 (redirect from NGC 6613)
    Messier 18 or M18, also designated NGC 6613 and sometimes known as the Black Swan Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3175
    NGC 3175 is a spiral galaxy located in the far eastern part of the southern constellation of Antlia at an approximate distance of 54 million light-years...
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    "Near-infrared spectroscopy of the super star cluster in NGC 1705". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 547: 4. arXiv:1209.3910. Bibcode:2012A&A...547A..17M. doi:10...
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    Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
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    million light-years away. NGC 877 is the brightest member of an 8-galaxy group that also includes NGC 870, NGC 871, and NGC 876, with a magnitude of 12...
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    Journal, 144 (6): 13, arXiv:1209.4648, Bibcode:2012AJ....144..183L, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/144/6/183, S2CID 118634071, 183. "NGC 6441". SIMBAD. Centre de...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4111
    the NGC 4111 group are the galaxies UGC 6818, NGC 3938, NGC 4013, IC 749, IC 750, NGC 4051, UGC 7089, UGC 7094, NGC 4117, NGC 4138 and NGC 4183. NGC 4111...
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    2011fe in M101, SN 2012aw in M95, and SN 2012cg in NGC 4424". New Astronomy. 20: 30–37. arXiv:1209.4692. Bibcode:2013NewA...20...30M. doi:10.1016/j.newast...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4302
    NGC 4302 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6503
    non-axisymmetries in NGC 6503: a weak end-on bar". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (3): 2523–2536. arXiv:1209.4653. Bibcode:2012MNRAS...
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    427 (1): 790–805. arXiv:1209.0606. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..790S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21990.x. "Search specification: NGC 3414". HyperLeda. Université...
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    though NGC 869 is a Shapley class f and NGC 884 is a Shapley class e cluster. These classifications indicate that they are both quite rich (dense); NGC 869...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 7679
    NGC 7679 is a lenticular galaxy with a peculiar morphology in the constellation Pisces. It is located at a distance of about 200 million light years from...
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