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2. NGC 2 - Wikipedia

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   NGC 1 and NGC 2 as an optical double. NGC 2 is located about 345 million light-years from the Solar System, with a magnitude of +14.2, while the distance to NGC 1 is 210 million light-years. Although visually close in the sky, NGC 1 and NGC 2 are at very different distances; were they stars, they would be referred to as an "optical double" as ...

3. Messier 2 - Wikipedia

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   Messier 2 or M2 (also designated NGC 7089) is a globular cluster in the constellation Aquarius, five degrees north of the star Beta Aquarii. It was discovered by Jean-Dominique Maraldi in 1746, and is one of the largest known globular clusters.

4. List of NGC objects - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of NGC objects, that is objects listed in the New General Catalogue (NGC). It is one of the largest comprehensive astronomical catalogues for deep sky objects such as star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. List of NGC objects (1–1000) List of NGC objects (1001–2000) List of NGC objects (2001–3000)

5. New General Catalogue - Wikipedia

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   The NGC contains 7,840 objects, including galaxies, star clusters and emission nebulae. Dreyer published two supplements to the NGC in 1895 and 1908, known as the Index Catalogues (abbreviated IC), describing a further 5,386 astronomical objects. Thousands of these objects are best known by their NGC or IC numbers, which remain in widespread use.

6. List of NGC objects (1–1000) - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of NGC objects 1–1000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters , nebulae , and galaxies . Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of NGC objects .

7. Stephan's Quintet - Wikipedia

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   Stephan's Quintet is a visual grouping of five galaxies of which four form the first compact galaxy group ever discovered. [2] The group, visible in the constellation Pegasus, was discovered by Édouard Stephan in 1877 at the Marseille Observatory. [3] The group is the most studied of all the compact galaxy groups. [2]

8. NGC 206 - Wikipedia

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   NGC 206 is a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy, and the brightest star cloud in Andromeda when viewed from Earth. It was discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel in 1786 [ 2 ] and possibly even two years earlier when he observed "a streak of milky nebulosity, horizontal, or part of the 31st Nebula."

9. Double Cluster - Wikipedia

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   The Double Cluster in Perseus (lower left of center, wide angle view) Greek astronomer Hipparchus cataloged the object (a patch of light in Perseus) as early as 130 BCE. To Bedouin Arabs the cluster marked the tail of the smaller of two fish they visualized in this area, and it was shown on illustrations in Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars. [4]