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    Maia (star) (redirect from NGC 1432)
    one of the brighter reflection nebulae within the Pleiades, designated NGC 1432 and sometimes called the Maia Nebula. The name Maia originates with the...
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    Pleiades (category NGC objects)
    eye in the night sky. It is also observed to house the reflection nebula NGC 1432, an HII region. The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars that...
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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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    NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest galaxies to the Local Group, and probably...
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    NGC 404 is a field galaxy located about 10 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1784, and...
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    NGC 1570, mistakenly called NGC 1571, is a faint galaxy located in the southern constellation Caelum, the chisel. It has a blue magnitude of 13.2, making...
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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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    NGC 3786 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located 107.5 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by English...
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    Planetary Nebula NGC 6884: The Discovery of a Fast Precessing, Bipolar Collimated Outflow". The Astronomical Journal. 117 (3): 1421–1432. Bibcode:1999AJ...
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    NGC 4314 is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 53 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It is positioned around...
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