NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy, is an unbarred spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo...
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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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region located in the constellation Scorpius. NGC 6334 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837, who observed it from the Cape of Good Hope in...
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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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astronomer John Herschel on Dec 23, 1837. At a distance of 550 million light-years (170 Mpc) away from the Sun, NGC 1356 is superimposed over an much more...
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Milky Way. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1837. List of NGC objects (1–1000) Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae;...
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discovered by John Herschel on 2 January 1837. "NGC 1820". Simbad. Retrieved 29 July 2016. "NED results for object NGC 1820". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database...
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NGC 2573 (also known as Polarissima Australis) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Octans, discovered in 1837 by John Herschel. It is...
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New General Catalogue (redirect from NGC object)
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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Omega Nebula (redirect from NGC 6618)
Lobster Nebula, and the Horseshoe Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 or NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered...
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NGC 6397 (also known as Caldwell 86) is a globular cluster in the constellation Ara. It is located about 7,800 light-years from Earth, making it one of...
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29 November, 1837. John Louis Emil Dreyer, compiler of the first New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, described NGC 612 as "faint...
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NGC 4230 is a loosely scattered open cluster in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered by John Herschel on April 5, 1837. The ESO catalog (and...
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Messier 13 (redirect from NGC 6205)
Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules...
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NGC 424 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Sculptor. It was discovered on November 30, 1837 by John Herschel. NGC 424 by 2MASS. NGC 424 from the...
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November 28, 1837, assumed it was new and measured an accurate position. It later received second designation in the New General Catalogue (NGC 1437) because...
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Messier 53 (redirect from NGC 5024)
Messier 53 (also known as M53 or NGC 5024) is a globular cluster in the Coma Berenices constellation. It was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1775....
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January 2, 1837, subsequently cataloged as NGC 1991. Its apparent magnitude is 9.0 and its size is 1.7 arc minutes. "NED results for object NGC 1974". NED...
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by John Frederick William Herschel on November 28, 1837. It is located in the Fornax Cluster. NGC 1427 is an E5 galaxy. It has a diameter of 70 000 light-years...
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NGC 5466 is a class XII globular cluster in the constellation Boötes. Located 51,800 light years from Earth and 52,800 light years from the Galactic Center...
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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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Herschel on November 29, 1837, it is 30,000 light years in diameter and has a redshift of 1854 km/s. NGC 1399 NGC 1365 NGC 1350 NGC 1427A Dunlop, Storm (2005)...
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NGC 6723 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. Its magnitude is given as between 6 and 6.8, and its diameter is between 7 and 11 arcminutes...
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Herschel on 29 November 1837. It is a member of the Fornax Cluster, an NGC 1316 subgroup and has a diameter of 70 000 light-years. NGC 1326 is an early-type...
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NGC 1375 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax discovered by John Herschel on November 29, 1837. It is believed to be a member of...
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NGC 1460 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. It was discovered by John Herschel on November 28, 1837. It is moving away from...
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NGC 362 (also known as Caldwell 104) is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana in the Southern Hemisphere, slightly north of the Small...
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Messier 72 (redirect from NGC 6981)
Commons has media related to Messier 72. Messier 72 (also known as M72 or NGC 6981) is a globular cluster in the south west of the very mildly southern...
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Messier 70 (redirect from NGC 6681)
Journal, 140 (6): 1830–1837, arXiv:1008.2755, Bibcode:2010AJ....140.1830G, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/6/1830, S2CID 119183070. "NGC 6681". SIMBAD. Centre...
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