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    NGC 289 is a spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Sculptor, located at a distance of 76 megalight-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered...
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    the group of galaxies closest to the Local Group. The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), a barred spiral galaxy and the largest member of the group, lies near...
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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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    Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
    as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula") and...
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  • later be known as the NGC 134 Group, group G45 (Pavo-Indus) which would later be known as the NGC 7079, NGC 7144, NGC 7196 and NGC 7213 groups, and group...
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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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  • Thumbnail for NGC 6946
    NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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    including NGC 3533, NGC 3557B, NGC 3564, NGC 3568 and NGC 3573. NGC 3557 (right), NGC 3564 (lower-left), and NGC 3568 (upper-left). List of NGC objects...
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    Sombrero Galaxy (redirect from NGC 4594)
    The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is a peculiar galaxy of unclear classification in the constellation borders of...
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    observed in NGC 4330: SN 2024phz (type II, mag. 17.7). According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 4330 is a member of the M87 group (also known as LGG 289). This group...
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