• Thumbnail for NGC 960
    NGC 960 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy was discovered in 1886 by Francis Preserved Leavenworth. List of NGC objects (1–1000)...
    3 KB (243 words) - 05:52, 25 August 2023
  • 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...
    131 KB (310 words) - 07:13, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 5965
    NGC 5965 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is located at a distance of circa 150 million light years from Earth, which, given...
    7 KB (709 words) - 00:20, 17 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for M96 Group
    M96 Group (redirect from NGC 3379 Group)
    et al. The Leo Triplet, which includes the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and NGC 3628, is located physically near the M96 Group. Some group identification...
    7 KB (449 words) - 18:41, 12 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of most massive black holes
    Group galaxies M31 and M32, and a few galaxies beyond the Local Group, e.g. NGC 4395. In these galaxies, the mean square (or root mean square) velocities...
    76 KB (5,766 words) - 18:47, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carina Nebula
    Carina Nebula (redirect from NGC 3372)
    The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity...
    36 KB (3,723 words) - 19:37, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for NGC 517
    NGC 517, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5214 or UGC 960, is a lenticular galaxy located approximately 188 million light-years from the Solar System...
    4 KB (335 words) - 02:16, 21 November 2021
  • Thumbnail for Triangulum
    Andromedae. Within the galaxy, NGC 604 is an H II region where star formation takes place. In addition to M33, there are several NGC galaxies of visual magnitudes...
    25 KB (2,831 words) - 22:48, 18 July 2024
  • cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, also known as NGC 7654. The New General Catalogue object NGC 52, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Fifty-two...
    4 KB (494 words) - 15:00, 8 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ursa Minor
    Milky Way itself. NGC 3172 (also known as Polarissima Borealis) is a faint, magnitude-14.9 galaxy that happens to be the closest NGC object to the north...
    53 KB (5,861 words) - 08:33, 9 September 2024