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    NGC 3938 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by William Herschel. It is one of the brightest...
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    NGC 3949 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is believed to be approximately 50 million light-years away from the Earth....
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    NGC 3877 is a type Sc spiral galaxy that was discovered by William Herschel on February 5, 1788. It is located below the magnitude 3.7 star Chi Ursae...
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    NGC 4324 is a lenticular galaxy located about 85 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3593
    NGC 3593 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It has a morphological classification of SA(s)0/a, which indicates it is a lenticular...
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    NGC 3818 is an elliptical galaxy in the Constellation Virgo. It is at a distance of about 118 million light-years away from Earth. In the center of NGC...
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    NGC 3686 is a spiral galaxy that forms with three other spiral galaxies, NGCs 3681, 3684, and 3691, a quartet of galaxies in the Leo constellation. It...
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    NGC 602 cluster and is sometimes considered to be just a condensation within a large stellar association including NGC 602. It is referred to as NGC 602c...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3599
    NGC 3599 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 14, 1784. The galaxy is located at a...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3607
    NGC 3607 is a small but fairly bright lenticular galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, about 2.5° south of the prominent star Delta Leonis. The...
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    largest in the world at that time) saw first light January 26, 1949, targeting NGC 2261. The American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble was the first astronomer...
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    described as containing the open cluster NGC 371, although the reverse may be more accurate. The stars of NGC 371 are scattered over twice the diameter...
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  • Thumbnail for R. Jay GaBany
    discovery of stellar rings around NGC 4013, NGC 5907 and NGC 5055 (M63); the discovery of extended spiral arms around NGC 4736 (M94); the identification...
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  • 24 of 26 races leading to the Chase for the Sprint Cup): (1) Tony Stewart 3564 points (Chevrolet, Stewart Haas Racing) (2) Jimmie Johnson 3344 (Chevrolet...
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