NGC 3227 is an intermediate spiral galaxy that is interacting with the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226. The two galaxies are one of several examples of...
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NGC 5882 is a small planetary nebula in the southern constellation of Lupus, positioned about 1.5° to the southwest of the star Epsilon Lupi. It was discovered...
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NGC 5822 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Lupus. It was discovered by English Astronomer John Herschel on July 3, 1836, and...
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NGC 5792 is a barred spiral galaxy about 70 million light-years away in the constellation Libra. There is a magnitude 9.6 star on the northwestern edge...
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companions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512 (4): 5620–5641. arXiv:2203.06348. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac815. ISSN 0035-8711. Jayasinghe...
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(June 2010). The practical astronomer. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1-4053-5620-6. Allen, Richard Hinckley (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover...
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under the direction of American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble, targeting NGC 2261, an object also known as Hubble's Variable Nebula. The telescope continues...
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