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    NGC 1961 (also known as IC 2133) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 December 1788. It is...
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    of Stars (abbreviated NGC) is an astronomical catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects...
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    Sculptor Galaxy (redirect from NGC 253)
    Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation...
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    NGC 4375 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9325 ± 20 km/s...
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  • galaxies. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000) List of NGC objects (3001–4000) List of NGC objects (4001–5000)...
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    Mice Galaxies (redirect from NGC 4676)
    NGC 4676, or the Mice Galaxies, are two spiral galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices. About 290 million light-years distant, they have begun the...
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    Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 1961. Retrieved 2006-07-26. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6217. Retrieved 2006-07-26. "NASA/IPAC...
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    Tarantula Nebula (redirect from NGC 2069)
    been treated as the designation of a star, or of the central star cluster NGC 2070, but is now generally treated as referring to the whole nebula area...
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  • This is a list of NGC objects 1001–2000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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    1960s. Member galaxies include M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435. It is located at RA 12h 27m...
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