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    Peculiar Galaxies. The galaxy on the right is known as NGC 5257, while the galaxy on the left is known as NGC 5258. Both galaxies are distorted by the gravitational...
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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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    Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from NGC 598)
    Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC (New General Catalogue) 598. With the D25 isophotal diameter of 18.74 kiloparsecs...
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    stars in the young open clusters NGC 4609 and NGC 5316", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462 (1): 794–803, arXiv:1608.08375, Bibcode:2016MNRAS...
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    Astrophysical Journal. 529 (2): 786–794. arXiv:astro-ph/9909260. Bibcode:2000ApJ...529..786M. doi:10.1086/308304. S2CID 197531313. "NGC 922". SIMBAD. Centre de données...
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    stars in the young open clusters NGC 4609 and NGC 5316". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 462 (1): 794–803. arXiv:1608.08375. Bibcode:2016MNRAS...
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    close dark nebula of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, which includes NGC 6729 SL 41 LDN 43 (Cosmic Bat Nebula) LDN 193 LDN 206 LDN 208 LDN 535 LDN...
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    NGC 4939 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is located at a distance of about 120 million light years from Earth, which, given...
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    Freeman noticed that the expected decline in velocity was not present in NGC 300 nor M33, and considered an undetected mass to explain it. The DM Hypothesis...
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    with a 6 ft refractor. Along with NGC 1386, he also discovered the nearby galaxies NGC 1381, NGC 1382, NGC 1389, and NGC 1428. The publication of their discovery...
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