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    NGC 516 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Pisces. It was discovered on September 25, 1862 by Heinrich d'Arrest. Lenticular galaxy...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and...
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    Stephen James (2007). "104: NGC 7027". Hidden Treasures. Cambridge University Press. pp. 514–516. ISBN 978-0-521-83704-0. "NGC 7027 – Gummy Bear Planetary...
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    (June 2010). "X-ray imaging of the ionisation cones in NGC 5252". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 516: A9. arXiv:1003.1665. Bibcode:2010A&A...516A...9D. doi:10...
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    NGC 7772 is collection of stars in the constellation Pegasus that were thought to be an open cluster. The stars were first recorded on 7 October 1825...
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    NGC 6047 is an elliptical galaxy located about 430 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. It was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift...
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    multi-color photometry of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 1261", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 516: 8, arXiv:1005.0007, Bibcode:2010A&A...516A..23K, doi:10...
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    ; Young, E. T. (November 2007). "Debris Disks in NGC 2547*". The Astrophysical Journal. 670 (1): 516–535. arXiv:0707.2827. Bibcode:2007ApJ...670..516G...
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  • Thumbnail for Centaurus A/M83 Group
    the Cen A group membership of NGC 5011C was established. While this galaxy is a well-known stellar system listed with a NGC number, its true identity remained...
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    Maia (star) (redirect from NGC 1432)
    by one of the brighter reflection nebulae within the Pleiades, designated NGC 1432 and sometimes called the Maia Nebula. The name Maia originates with...
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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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  • Cepheids in the Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4548". The Astrophysical Journal (abstract). 516 (2): 626–646. Bibcode:1999ApJ...516..626G. doi:10.1086/307151. Illingworth...
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  • Blanco. Caroline's Cluster (NGC 2360) is an open cluster in Canis Major, named after Caroline Herschel. Caroline's Rose (NGC 7789) is an open cluster in...
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    Catalogue compiled in the 1880s by J. L. E. Dreyer, lists objects NGC 0001 – NGC 7840. The NGC is one of the largest historical comprehensive catalogs, as it...
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  • cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
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    NGC 708 is an elliptical galaxy located 240 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda and was discovered by astronomer William Herschel...
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  • elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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  • massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The New General Catalogue object NGC 82, a single star in the constellation Andromeda. Eighty-two is also: The...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 613
    NGC 613 is a barred spiral galaxy located 67 million light years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor. This galaxy was discovered in 1798 by...
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    Milky Way itself. NGC 3172 (also known as Polarissima Borealis) is a faint, magnitude-14.9 galaxy that happens to be the closest NGC object to the north...
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  • lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo The New General Catalogue object NGC 84, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Eighty-four is also: The...
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  • cluster in the constellation Capricornus The New General Catalogue object NGC 30, a double star in the constellation Pegasus Thirty is: Used (as –30–)...
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    massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 456 (2): 623–638...
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  • Thumbnail for Proplyd
    were discovered in the very young region NGC 2024, two of which have been photoevaporated by a B star. The NGC 2024 proplyds are significant because they...
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  • Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster The New General Catalogue object NGC 44, a double star in the constellation Andromeda +44 is the ITU country code...
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  • Thumbnail for IC 5146
    reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a...
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  • galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices The New General Catalogue object NGC 91, a single star in the constellation Andromeda Ninety-one is also: The...
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  • 10.0 galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 49, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. In Judaism: the number of...
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  • Thumbnail for Mirach
    is commonly used by stargazers to find the Andromeda Galaxy. The galaxy NGC 404, also known as Mirach's Ghost, is seven arcminutes away from Mirach....
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