NGC 517, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5214 or UGC 960, is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 188 million light-years from the Solar System...
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astronomer William Herschel. Herschel discovered the object along with NGC 517 using Beta Andromedae as a reference star. He described his discovery as...
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Helix Nebula (redirect from NGC 7293)
The Helix Nebula (also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding...
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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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NGC 1396 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located 61 millon light years away in the constellation of Fornax. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Julius...
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IV. NGC 1501 and its mixing layer". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517 (4): 5166–5179. arXiv:2210.09116. Bibcode:2022MNRAS.517.5166R...
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Study of Hubble's Variable Nebula, NGC 2261". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 68 (405): 517–519. Bibcode:1956PASP...68..517D....
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NGC 839 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered November 28, 1785 in a sky survey by Wilhelm Herschel. It is one...
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Large Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, M32, NGC 205, NGC 6822, NGC 185, IC 1613 and NGC 147. He also identified IC 10 as a possible part of the...
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Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
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