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    NGC 246 (also known as the Skull Nebula or Caldwell 56) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. It is the first known planetary nebula to have...
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    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...
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    dwarf galaxy near the star 26 Ceti and is a member of the Local Group. NGC 246 (Caldwell 56), also called the Cetus Ring, is a planetary nebula with a...
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  • Nebula NGC 246 1785 1.6 8 Cetus NGC 6058 1787 13 Hercules Oyster Nebula NGC 1501 1787 4.2 13 Camelopardalis NGC 1514 1790 2.2 9.4 Taurus NGC 7048 PK...
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    objects, such as the Hyades, the Double Cluster (NGC 869 and NGC 884), and the Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253). The Messier catalogue was actually compiled...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae, and...
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    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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    called 3C75) is a binary black hole system in the dumbbell-shaped galaxy NGC 1128 in the galaxy cluster Abell 400. It has four relativistic jets, two...
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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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    Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5194)
    The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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