NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II region in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia and is part of the Milky...
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IC 1590 is an open cluster located in the nebulosity of NGC 281. 279 stars with magnitudes less than or equal to 17 are visible within or near the cluster...
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instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope Bok globules located within the NGC 281 nebula (IC 1590 cluster) Barnard 68, at a distance of only 410 light-years...
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78, reflection nebula NGC 248 NGC 249 NGC 256 NGC 261 NGC 267 NGC 281, Pacman Nebula NGC 346 NGC 371 NGC 588 NGC 595 NGC 604 NGC 1435, reflection nebula...
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unofficial namesake of a region in the Cassiopeia constellation, specifically NGC 281, due to similarities between the region and the design of the character...
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of 86.1 ± 6.0 Mpc (∼281 million ly). It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in 1834. The luminosity class of NGC 1701 is II and it has...
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the 110 Messier objects (M), 7,840 objects in the New General Catalogue (NGC), the Caldwell catalogue (itself a "best of" from other catalogues, with...
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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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New General Catalogue (redirect from NGC object)
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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in NGC 6166 (A2199)". The Astrophysical Journal. 281 (4): 1290–1296. arXiv:astro-ph/9604159v1. Bibcode:1996MNRAS.281.1290B. doi:10.1093/mnras/281.4.1290...
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