astronomer Nicholas U. Mayall of the Lick Observatory on 13 March 1940, using the Crossley reflector. When first discovered, Mayall's Object was described as...
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M. Kent in 1991. Astronomy portal Messier 54 Omega Centauri Mayall's Object "NAME Mayall II". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved...
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Maine Mayall II, Mayall III, Mayall IV, Mayall V, and Mayall VI globular clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy Mayall's Object, or Arp 148, a peculiar galaxy...
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Burbidge, E. Margaret (1964). "The Strange Extragalactic Systems: Mayall's Object and IC 883". Astrophysical Journal. 140: 1617. Bibcode:1964ApJ...140...
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Local Group will coalesce into this object, effectively completing its evolution. NGC 2207 and IC 2163 Mayall's Object Ultimate fate of the universe Sohn...
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Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies Irregular galaxy Starburst galaxy Arp 87 Mayall's Object Arp 147 "peculiar galaxy". Daviddarling.info. 2007-02-01. Retrieved...
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Amy Barger, and Lennox Cowie. Mayall's Object is the result of a galaxy collision in Ursa Major, named after Nicholas Mayall. 9Spitch is a gravitationally...
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This article documents the most distant astronomical objects discovered and verified so far, and the time periods in which they were so classified. For...
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seventh satellites (moons) of Jupiter. 1940: Mayall's Object was discovered by American astronomer Nicholas U. Mayall of the Lick Observatory on 13 March 1940...
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titrations. Mayall's adviser recommended that he change his major, as he would not be able to graduate as a mining engineer with such a handicap. Mayall's mother...
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Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies (redirect from Arp objects)
their appearance. Objects 1–101 are individual peculiar spiral galaxies or spiral galaxies that apparently have small companions. Objects 102–145 are elliptical...
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Omega Ursae Majoris (category Bayer objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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and Mayall had been using in their double-act routines, the use of surreal elements such as puppets playing the role of talking animals or objects (in...
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disc structured or distorted into a ring or torus-like appearance. Hoag's Object, discovered by Art Hoag in 1950, is the prototypical example of a ring galaxy...
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Andromeda Galaxy (redirect from Messier Object 31)
blurry spot was an island universe. Charles Messier cataloged Andromeda as object M31 in 1764 and incorrectly credited Marius as the discoverer despite it...
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Engraved Hourglass Nebula (category ESO objects)
Retrieved 2006-12-22. MyCn stands for Margaret Walton Mayall (My) and Annie Jump Cannon (Cn), their 39-object catalogue was published in 1940 as New Peculiar...
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Omega Centauri (redirect from Caldwell Object 80)
the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object by Edmond Halley in 1677. Located at a distance of 17,090 light-years (5...
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Planets beyond Neptune (redirect from U (trans-Neptunian object))
possibility of a Saturn-sized object (95 Earth masses) out to 10,000 AU, and a Jupiter-sized (≈318 Earth masses) or larger object out to 26,000 AU. In 2014...
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Messier 54 (redirect from Messier Object 54)
Sun and has an absolute magnitude of −10.0. List of Messier objects Omega Centauri Mayall II Palomar 12 Shapley, Harlow; Sawyer, Helen B. (August 1927)...
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Rho Ursae Majoris (category Bayer objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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Crab Nebula (redirect from Messier Object 1)
the Messier Objects with a Small Telescope: In the Footsteps of a Great Observer. Springer Science. pp. 8–10. ISBN 978-0-387-85357-4. Mayall, Nicholas Ulrich...
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Upsilon Ursae Majoris (category Bayer objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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Pluto (category Minor planet object articles (numbered))
ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume by a small margin, but is...
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Tau Ursae Majoris (category Bayer objects)
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C Ursae Majoris (category Bayer objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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Chi Ursae Majoris (category Bayer objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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HD 111456 (category Durchmusterung objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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15 Leonis Minoris (category Flamsteed objects)
IC 2574 IRAS F11119+3257 Markarian 231 Markarian 273 Markarian 421 Mayall's Object SBS 0953+549 SDSS J1001+5027 SDSS J1148+5251 Twin Quasar UGC 4879 UGC...
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latitude. Mayall & Mayall (1994), p. 169 describe the Universal Capuchin sundial. The length of a human shadow (or of any vertical object) can be used...
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SN 1054 (category Astronomical objects discovered in the Middle Ages)
astronomical objects outside the Solar System. It is one of the few Galactic supernovae where the date of the explosion is well known. The two objects are the...
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