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    NGC 4206 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy is visible with most moderate...
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  • Astronomical Database unless otherwise noted. Lists of astronomical objects List of NGC objects Collinder catalogue Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database Melotte catalogue...
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    NGC 4216 is a metal-rich intermediate spiral galaxy located not far from the center of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, roughly 55 million light-years away...
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    NGC 3945 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered on March 19, 1790, by the astronomer William Herschel. NGC 3945...
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    Messier 62 (redirect from NGC 6266)
    Clusters: M62 (NGC 6266), the Most RR Lyrae-rich Globular Cluster in the Galaxy?", The Astronomical Journal, 140 (6): 1766–1786, arXiv:1009.4206, Bibcode:2010AJ...
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    Clusters: M62 (NGC 6266), the Most RR Lyrae-rich Globular Cluster in the Galaxy?", The Astronomical Journal, 140 (6): 1766–1786, arXiv:1009.4206, Bibcode:2010AJ...
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  • Thumbnail for Classical Cepheid variable
    discovered in other galaxies; the Hubble Space Telescope has identified some in NGC 4603, which is 100 million light years distant. Classical Cepheid variables...
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    Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 398 (1): 263–270. arXiv:0903.4206. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.398..263M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15096.x. S2CID 14316644...
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    NGC 4041 is the New General Catalogue identifier for a spiral galaxy in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major. It is located an estimated...
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    luminous, have been detected beyond the Local Group in the galaxies NGC 5128 and NGC 4258. Historically Type II Cepheids were called W Virginis variables...
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