John Herschel on 5 June 1836. NGC 5915 forms a galaxy triplet due to gravitational interactions with NGC 5916 and NGC 5916A (also known as PGC 54779)...
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NGC 5792 is a barred spiral galaxy about 70 million light-years away in the constellation Libra. There is a magnitude 9.6 star on the northwestern edge...
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NGC 5882 is a small planetary nebula in the southern constellation of Lupus, positioned about 1.5° to the southwest of the star Epsilon Lupi. It was discovered...
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elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo. The New General Catalogue object NGC 89, a magnitude 13.5 peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation Phoenix...
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Top 10 Scientific Discoveries for 2007. SN 2006gy occurred in the galaxy NGC 1260, approximately 238 million light-years (73 megaparsecs) away. The energy...
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NGC 5822 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Lupus. It was discovered by English Astronomer John Herschel on July 3, 1836, and...
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