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    Maia (star) (redirect from NGC 1432)
    by one of the brighter reflection nebulae within the Pleiades, designated NGC 1432 and sometimes called the Maia Nebula. The name Maia originates with...
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  • Thumbnail for Lynx (constellation)
    star. Within the constellation's borders lie NGC 2419, an unusually remote globular cluster; the galaxy NGC 2770, which has hosted three recent Type Ib...
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  • 445 (4): 3466–3474. arXiv:1409.1214. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.445.3466S. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1817. S2CID 44006240. "Detailed Information for Object NGC 6872"....
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  • Thumbnail for Cassiopeia (constellation)
    Persei (NGC 884) and h Persei (NGC 869) as well as the star clusters NGC 654, NGC 663, NGC 581 (Messier 103), NGC 457, NGC 225, NGC 7788, NGC 7790, NGC 7789...
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    been found to host planets. A few notable galaxies, including Crater 2 and NGC 3981, and a famous quasar lie within the borders of the constellation. In...
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    Tau Canis Majoris (category NGC 2362)
    brightest member of the open cluster NGC 2362. τ Canis Majoris lies at the center of the very young open cluster NGC 2362 which contains several hundred...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3007
    NGC 3007 is an edge-on, magnitude 13.4, lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Sextans, discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on March 16...
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    NGC 3486 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 27.4 million light years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has a morphological...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3169
    NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy about 75 million light years away in the constellation Sextans. It has the morphological classification SA(s)a pec, which...
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    NGC 3009 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is about 35 thousand light years across, and with a recessional velocity of 4,445...
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