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    Parallaxes of the Planetary Nebulae NGC 6578, NGC 6884, NGC 6891, and IC 2448". The Astronomical Journal. 123 (5): 2666–2675. arXiv:astro-ph/0202003. Bibcode:2002AJ...
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    NGC 2903 is an isolated barred spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, positioned about 1.5° due south of Lambda Leonis. It was discovered...
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    NGC 2800, also known as PGC 26302, is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered February 17, 1831 by William Herschel. Skrutskie...
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    NGC 2950 is a lenticular galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major, about 50 million light years from the Milky Way and receding with a heliocentric...
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    NGC 2509 is an open cluster in the constellation of Puppis. It was discovered on 3 December 1783 by William Herschel. It was described as "bright, pretty...
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    NGC 1282 is an elliptical galaxy located about 230 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. It was discovered by astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan...
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    for NGC 0244. Retrieved September 2, 2016. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 200 - 249". Cseligman. Retrieved September 24, 2016. Media related to NGC 244...
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  • 83. Positioned just 1.8° to the south-southwest is the planetary nebula NGC 3242. Mu Hydrae has an annual parallax shift of 13.93 mas, which yields a...
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    NGC 2803, also known as PCG 26181, is an elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the zodiac constellation Cancer. It was discovered March 21, 1784, by William...
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  • plants, asteroids, and other notable objects. The asteroids 2991 Bilbo and 2675 Tolkien were both discovered and named in 1982. The Kuiper Belt object 385446...
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