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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and is often misidentified as IC 3087. NGC 4222 is a member of the Virgo Cluster and is a companion of NGC 4216 which lies about 180,000 ly (56 kpc) away...
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LVC (Low Velocity Cloud) subclump, centered on the large spiral galaxy NGC 4216. Notably, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 contains a supermassive black...
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This is a list of NGC objects 4001–5000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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of the Day: NGC 5907 (19 June 2008) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 4013 (7 February 2008) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: NGC 4651 (15 April...
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Galaxy NGC 1090". Retrieved Dec. 26, 2006 Matthews, Doug & Betts, Charles (2003). "NGC 2541". Retrieved Dec. 26 2006. Frommert, Hartmut. "NGC 2715" Archived...
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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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the Perseus Cluster. Like NGC 1277 and NGC 1271, NGC 1281 is a candidate "relic galaxy". The supermassive black hole in NGC 1281 has an estimated mass...
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NGC 1585 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Caelum. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,635 ± 31 km/s, which corresponds...
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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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