• Thumbnail for NGC 5866
    NGC 5866 (also called the Spindle Galaxy) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco. NGC 5866 was most likely discovered by Pierre Méchain or...
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  • Messier 102 (redirect from NGC 5928)
    NGC 5879, NGC 5907, NGC 5905, and NGC 5908 are all galaxies near the position of NGC 5866. By that criterion, they may all be as likely as NGC 5866 to...
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    The NGC 5866 Group is a small group of galaxies located in the constellation Draco. The group is named after NGC 5866, the galaxy with the highest apparent...
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    NGC 2787, a barred lenticular galaxy NGC 3115 NGC 3632 NGC 4608, a barred lenticular galaxy about 56 million light years away in Virgo NGC 5866 NGC 1533...
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    types (Sa, Sb, etc.). Examples of lenticular galaxies: M85, M86, NGC 1316, NGC 2787, NGC 5866, Centaurus A. On the right of the Hubble sequence diagram are...
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    M101 Group (redirect from NGC 5457 Group)
    Sunflower Galaxy (M63), is located to the southeast of the M101 Group, and the NGC 5866 Group is located to the northwest. The distances to these three groups...
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    of the NGC 5866 Group. One supernova has been observed in NGC 5879: SN 1954C (type unknown, mag. 14.9). "Results for object NGC 5879 (NGC 5879)". NASA/IPAC...
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    to Earth. NGC 5866 – another lenticular galaxy sometimes referred to as the Spindle Galaxy "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3115. Retrieved...
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  • Thumbnail for Draco (constellation)
    NGC 5866 (sometimes considered to be Messier Object 102) that bears its name to a small group that also includes the spiral galaxies NGC 5879 and NGC...
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    though some sources suggest that the object Méchain observed was the galaxy NGC 5866 and identify that as M102. Messier's final catalogue was included in the...
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    apparently composed almost entirely of dwarf stars. It is a member of the NGC 5866 Group. NGC 5907 has long been considered a prototypical example of a warped...
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    Leo Triplet (redirect from NGC 3627 Group)
    algorithms actually identify the Leo Triplet as part of the M96 Group. NGC 5866 Group – another small group of galaxies A. Garcia (1993). "General study...
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  • constellation of Draco. It is sometimes classified as a member of the NGC 5866 Group of galaxies [citation needed] and has a diameter of around 45.8 kly...
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    Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5194)
    southeast end of a large, elongated group that includes the M101 Group and the NGC 5866 Group, although most group identification methods and catalogs identify...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5963
    constellation of Draco. It is sometimes classified as a member of the NGC 5866 Group of galaxies and has a diameter of around 49 kly (15 kpc). Bosma,...
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    M51 Group (redirect from NGC 5194 Group)
    uncertain. The M51 Group is located to the southeast of the M101 Group and the NGC 5866 Group. The distances to these three groups (as determined from the distances...
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  • together with the name of the observing project (HUDF, SDSS, 3C, CFHQS, NGC/IC, etc.) This is a list of galaxies that are well known by something other...
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  • Williams brought up evidence that M91 is probably NGC 4548, but the second is still open (M102 may be NGC 5866). Gingerich was a recognized authority on both...
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    been detected surrounding NGC 4570. List of NGC objects (4001–5000) NGC 5866 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4570. Retrieved 2018-02-08...
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    Bibcode:2014MNRAS.442L..76G. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slu058. Saratoga Skies, "NGC 7331 (Deer Lick Group and Stephan's Quintet)", Jim Solomon (accessed 7 May...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 5001–6000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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  • II Program. The catalogue contains 400 objects. All objects are from the NGC. All objects are visible in mid northern latitudes, since they were all observed...
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    "Molecular gas kinematics and line diagnostics in early-type galaxies: NGC 4710 and NGC 5866". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 463 (4): 4121–4152...
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    formation? NGC 720, NGC 821, NGC 1023, NGC 1400, NGC 1407, NGC 2768, NGC 2974, NGC 3115, NGC 3377, NGC 3608, NGC 4111, NGC 4278, NGC 4365, NGC 4374, NGC 4459...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5792
    NGC 5792 is a barred spiral galaxy about 70 million light-years away in the constellation Libra. There is a magnitude 9.6 star on the northwestern edge...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5882
    NGC 5882 is a small planetary nebula in the southern constellation of Lupus, positioned about 1.5° to the southwest of the star Epsilon Lupi. It was discovered...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 5822
    NGC 5822 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Lupus. It was discovered by English Astronomer John Herschel on July 3, 1836, and...
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    it difficult to observe. "PGC 39058". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. "NGC 672". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 26...
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  • Thumbnail for Lambda Draconis
    NGC 3147 4121 4125 4236 4319 4345 4513 4589 5678 5777 5866 5866B 5879 5906 5907 5949 5963 5965 5982 5985 6090 6248 6285 6286 6340 6365 6373 6394 6412 6503...
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    NGC 3147 4121 4125 4236 4319 4345 4513 4589 5678 5777 5866 5866B 5879 5906 5907 5949 5963 5965 5982 5985 6090 6248 6285 6286 6340 6365 6373 6394 6412 6503...
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