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NGC 188 (also known as Caldwell 1 or the Polarissima Cluster [5]) is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1825.
Caldwell advocates, however, see the catalogue as a useful list of some of the brightest and best known non-Messier deep-sky objects. Thus, advocates dismiss any "controversy" as being fabricated by older amateurs simply not able or willing to memorize the new designations despite every telescope database using the Caldwell IDs as the primary ...
NGC 6744 (also known as Caldwell 101 or the Pavo Galaxy [3]) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo (Peacock). Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 802 ± 3 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 38.6 ± 2.7 Mly (11.82 ± 0.83 Mpc ). [ 1 ]
The Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392), also known as the Clown Face Nebula, Lion Nebula, [4] or Caldwell 39, is a bipolar [5] double-shell [6] planetary nebula (PN). It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1787. The formation resembles a person's head surrounded by a parka hood.
The title Triumph of the Nerds is a play on the title of the 1984 comedy Revenge of the Nerds. [2] Cringely followed the series with Nerds 2.0.1 (titled Glory of the Geeks in the UK), a history of the Internet to 1998. In 2012, Cringely released the full interview that Steve Jobs gave in 1995 for Triumph of the Nerds as Steve Jobs: The Lost ...
NGC 1097 (also known as Caldwell 67) is a barred spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered by William Herschel on 9 October 1790. It is a severely interacting galaxy with obvious tidal debris and distortions caused by interaction with the companion galaxy NGC 1097A.
The last segment, Wiring the World, is about the history of the World Wide Web. [2] Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs is among those featured in the documentary. [3] The documentary aired in 1998 on PBS and Channel 4. [1] [2] It aired on the Australian television channel Ovation in 2002. [4]
NGC 2362 is a relatively young 4–5 million years in age [3] but is devoid of star-forming gas and dust, indicating that the star formation process has come to a halt. [4] It is a massive open cluster, with more than 500 solar masses , [ 3 ] an estimated 100-150 member stars, and an additional 500 forming a halo around the cluster.