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... 13 KB (1,534 words) - 13:24, 9 April 2024 |
Rosette Nebula (redirect from NGC 2237) confused with NGC 246, which is also nicknamed the "Skull Nebula." The complex has the following New General Catalogue (NGC) designations: NGC 2237 – Part... 8 KB (790 words) - 14:34, 11 April 2024 |
NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the... 8 KB (737 words) - 04:15, 11 February 2024 |
NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an outlying member of the M81 Group, and... 7 KB (704 words) - 01:44, 26 November 2023 |
Open Cluster NGC 2175 (also known as OCL 476 or Cr 84) is an open cluster in the Orion constellation, embedded in a diffusion nebula. It was discovered... 3 KB (253 words) - 17:49, 18 January 2024 |
Messier 78 (redirect from NGC 2068) Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included... 7 KB (536 words) - 18:12, 30 January 2024 |
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)... 7 KB (274 words) - 01:27, 22 April 2024 |
Eskimo Nebula (redirect from NGC 2392) The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), also known as the Clown-faced Nebula, Lion Nebula, or Caldwell 39, is a bipolar double-shell planetary nebula (PN). It was... 7 KB (669 words) - 00:37, 11 March 2024 |
NGC 2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula) is an H II emission nebula located in the constellation Orion and is associated with the open star cluster... 6 KB (492 words) - 21:08, 28 June 2023 |
NGC 2169 is an open cluster in the Orion constellation. It was possibly discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and discovered by William... 2 KB (163 words) - 00:49, 1 April 2024 |
Flame Nebula (redirect from NGC 2024) The Flame Nebula, designated as NGC 2024 and Sh2-277, is an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It is about 1350 light-years away. At that distance... 9 KB (955 words) - 15:09, 20 March 2024 |
NGC 2204 is an open cluster of stars in the Canis Major constellation. It was discovered by the German-English astronomer William Herschel on 6 February... 7 KB (581 words) - 21:11, 10 March 2024 |
Messier 93 (redirect from NGC 2447) Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447 or the Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop... 8 KB (706 words) - 09:16, 24 February 2024 |
NGC 2451 is an open cluster in the Puppis constellation, probably discovered by Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654 and John Herschel in 1835. In 1994... 2 KB (176 words) - 19:05, 27 April 2023 |
NGC 2210 is a globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, in the constellation Dorado. It is situated south of the celestial equator and,... 2 KB (192 words) - 21:04, 15 April 2024 |
NGC 2362, also known as Caldwell 64, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It was discovered by the Italian court... 6 KB (590 words) - 00:26, 13 August 2023 |
NGC 2146 is a barred spiral galaxy type SB(s)ab pec in the constellation Camelopardalis. The galaxy was discovered in 1876 by Friedrich August Theodor... 5 KB (429 words) - 22:08, 11 September 2023 |
Messier 41 (redirect from NGC 2287) Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major. It is sometimes referred to as the Little Beehive Cluster... 5 KB (548 words) - 09:08, 24 February 2024 |
NGC 2444 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy in the constellation Lynx. The galaxy lies about 135 million light years away from Earth, which means, given... 4 KB (408 words) - 06:58, 1 April 2024 |
NGC 2261 (also known as Hubble's Variable Nebula or Caldwell 46) is a variable nebula located in the constellation Monoceros. The nebula is illuminated... 6 KB (594 words) - 06:11, 29 November 2023 |
NGC 2442 and NGC 2443 are two parts of a single intermediate spiral galaxy, commonly known as the Meathook Galaxy or the Cobra and Mouse. It is about 50... 6 KB (504 words) - 11:49, 14 May 2023 |
Messier 47 (redirect from NGC 2422) Messier 47 (M47 or NGC 2422) is an open cluster in the mildly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before... 4 KB (374 words) - 18:39, 24 February 2023 |
Luminous blue variable (section NGC 2366 (NGC 2363)) AND OTHER SUPERGIANTS". The Astrophysical Journal. 790 (1): 48. arXiv:1407.2259. Bibcode:2014ApJ...790...48H. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/48. S2CID 119177378... 38 KB (4,701 words) - 19:40, 17 February 2024 |
Messier 50 (redirect from NGC 2323) peculiar stars in open clusters. XV. Feinstein 1, NGC 2168, NGC 2323, NGC 2437, NGC 2547, NGC 4103, NGC 6025, NGC 6633, Stock 2, and Trumpler 2", Astronomy &... 7 KB (595 words) - 09:09, 24 February 2024 |
Tarantula Nebula (category NGC objects) been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area... 14 KB (1,292 words) - 21:46, 13 April 2024 |