• Thumbnail for NGC 2782
    NGC 2782 is approximately 100,000 light years across. NGC 2782 has an active galactic nucleus and it is a starburst and a type 1 Seyfert galaxy. NGC 2782...
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    NGC 2935 is a large intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its speed relative to the cosmic microwave background is 2,601 ± 23 km/s...
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  • Thumbnail for Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
    galaxies, including M51 (Arp 85), Arp 220, and the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039, or Arp 244). A few of the galaxies are simply dwarf galaxies that...
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    Omega Centauri (redirect from NGC 5139)
    Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object...
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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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    2-10 I Zwicky 18 IC 10 Large Magellanic Cloud Leo I Leo II NGC 1569 NGC 1705 NGC 2915 NGC 3353 Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy PHL 293B Phoenix Dwarf Sagittarius...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 2903
    NGC 2903 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, positioned about 1.5° due south of Lambda Leonis. It was discovered...
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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 2800
    NGC 2800, also known as PGC 26302, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered February 17, 1831 by William Herschel. Skrutskie...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 2509
    NGC 2509 is an open cluster in the constellation of Puppis. It was discovered on 3 December 1783 by William Herschel. It was described as "bright, pretty...
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