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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Herschel on 16 March 1834. This nebula has received six different classification numbers. Currently, astronomers call the entire nebula NGC 3576. A popular...
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NGC 1252 is a metal-poor, open cluster remnant located in the constellation Horologium, containing around 20 stars. It was discovered in 1834 by John...
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Herschel in 1834. The luminosity class of NGC 1701 is II and it has a broad HI line. The galaxy got its nickname due to its technical name (NGC 1701) being...
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light years long. Its members are NGC 87, NGC 88, NGC 89 and NGC 92, discovered by John Herschel on the 30 September 1834. The quartet is one of the best...
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NGC 2805 is a intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1834 ± 7 km/s...
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light-years). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 8 July 1834. NGC 7124 is classified as a LINER galaxy, i.e. it has a type of nucleus that...
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NGC 2442 and NGC 2443 are two parts of a single intermediate spiral galaxy, commonly known as the Meathook Galaxy or the Cobra and Mouse. It is about 50...
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million ly). NGC 646 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel in 1834. It forms an interacting galaxy pair. The luminosity class of NGC 646 is III...
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Jewel Box (star cluster) (redirect from Open Cluster NGC 4755)
213J. "Jewel Box (NGC 4755)". Deep sky observer companion database (docdb.net). James, Andrew (22 April 2016). "Part one: 1752–1834". History of the Jewel...
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