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  2. NGC 7686 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 7686 is a moderately-sized open cluster in the constellation Andromeda, containing about 80 stars. [2] At magnitude 5.6, it is an easy target for binoculars and small telescopes. [3] According to Johnson et al. (1961), the "color-magnitude diagram shows merely a uniform scatter with no significant tendency to show a cluster main sequence ...

  3. NGC 912 - Wikipedia

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    mcg +07-06-015, pgc 9222 [2] NGC 912 is a compact lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 197 million light years from the Milky Way . It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878.

  4. NGC 708 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 708 is an elliptical galaxy located 240 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Andromeda and was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on September 21, 1786. [3] It is classified as a cD galaxy [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and is the brightest member of Abell 262 .

  5. NGC 752 - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the location of NGC 752. NGC 752 (also known as Caldwell 28) is an open cluster in the constellation Andromeda.The cluster was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 and cataloged by her brother William Herschel in 1786, although an object that may have been NGC 752 was described by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654.

  6. NGC 828 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 828 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5200 ± 17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 250.2 ± 17.5 Mly (76.70 ± 5.37 Mpc). [1] Additionally, three non-redshift measurements give a distance of 223.52 ± 7.06 Mly (68.533 ± 2.165 Mpc). [2]

  7. NGC 7662 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 7662 is a planetary nebula located in the northern constellation Andromeda.It is known as the Blue Snowball Nebula, Snowball Nebula, and Caldwell 22.This nebula was discovered October 6, 1784 by the German-born English astronomer William Herschel.

  8. NGC 272 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 272 is an open cluster (rather an L-shaped asterism) located in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on August 2, 1864, by Heinrich d'Arrest. [2]

  9. HD 16028 - Wikipedia

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    HD 16028 is a star in the constellation Andromeda.Its apparent magnitude is 5.71. [2] Located approximately 225 parsecs (730 ly) distant, [1] it is an orange giant of spectral type K3III, [3] a star that has used up its core hydrogen and has expanded.