• Thumbnail for NGC 1452
    NGC 1452 (or NGC 1455) is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. Located 80 million light years away, it is one of the farther galaxies...
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  • Thumbnail for Messier 99
    Messier 99 (redirect from NGC 4254)
    Messier 99 or M99, also known as NGC 4254 or St. Catherine's Wheel, is a grand design spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Coma Berenices approximately...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Ring Nebula (NGC 6822)
    this object Hubble III in NGC 6822, was observed with the Manchester Echelle Spectrometer II. Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822) NGC 6822 Clayton, C. A. (1987-06-01)...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 4517
    NGC 4517 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel...
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  • Thumbnail for Phoenix (constellation)
    Robert's Quartet (composed of the irregular galaxy NGC 87, and three spiral galaxies NGC 88, NGC 89 and NGC 92) is a group of four galaxies located around...
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  • Thumbnail for Crux
    note of what was probably the Southern Cross on exiting the Gambia River in 1455, calling it the carro dell'ostro ("southern chariot"). However, Cadamosto's...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 187
    NGC 187 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 3.2 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered in 1893 by William Herschel...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 765
    NGC 765 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Aries. It is located at a distance of circa 220 million light years from Earth,...
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    light-years=24; where "65.00 × 60.0 (arcmin)" sourced from Revised NGC Data for NGC 1976 distance × sin( diameter_angle ), using distance of 5kpc (15.8...
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