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    indicates Messier 25 may constitute a ternary star cluster together with NGC 6716 and Collinder 394. Establishing precise distances to open clusters enables...
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    Whirlpool Galaxy (redirect from NGC 5194)
    The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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    merger. NGC 1592 appears to have a companion, 2MFGC (2MASS Flat Galaxy Catalog) 3572, at 40 million light years away, assuming similar velocity with NGC 1592...
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    cluster sometimes considered to be a portion of the richer nearby cluster NGC 3572. Together with the small clusters Hogg 10 and 11, they are all part of...
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    Embedded within Messier 24. Associated with Messier 17. Associated with NGC 6820. Embedded within the Iris Nebula. There are some errors in Collinder's...
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    Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters as number 3572. The galaxy is located only 15 degrees from the galactic plane. NGC 5643 is a grand design spiral galaxy, with...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 3938
    NGC 3938 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. It was discovered on 6 February 1788 by William Herschel. It is one of the brightest...
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    NGC 3949 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 50 million light-years away from the Earth. It was discovered by...
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  • Thumbnail for NGC 337
    NGC 337 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785 by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer...
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  • Transiting A Cool G-dwarf", The Astrophysical Journal, 741 (2): 114, arXiv:1108.3572, Bibcode:2011ApJ...741..114M, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/114, S2CID 118671116...
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