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  2. NGC 2035 - Wikipedia

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    The Large Magellanic Cloud, with the location of NGC 2035 and NGC 2032 marked just left of centre. NGC 2035 (also known as ESO 56-EN161 and the Dragon's Head Nebula) is an emission nebula and a H II region in the Dorado constellation and part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. [2] It was discovered by James Dunlop on August 3, 1826. Its apparent ...

  3. NGC 2032 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 2032 (also known as ESO 56-EN160 and the Seagull Nebula) is an emission nebula in the Dorado constellation and near the supershell LMC-4 [2] and it consists of NGC 2029, NGC 2035 and NGC 2040. It was first discovered by James Dunlop on 27 September 1826, and John Herschel rerecorded it on 2 November 1834. [ 3 ]

  4. List of astronomical catalogues - Wikipedia

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    New 5 in Sagittarius (thus mentioned on chart 22 of Wil Tirion's Sky-Atlas 2000.0, mentioned as ESO 285-G7 on charts 411 and 412 in Uranometria 2000.0 Volume 2, 1987 edition). New 6 in Indus (chart 23 in Tirion's Sky-Atlas 2000.0, chart 413 in the 1987 edition of Uranometria 2000.0, Volume 2) (as ESO 287-G13) NGC — New General Catalogue

  5. Scientists map violent nebula to discover how stars were ...

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    Researchers have unveiled intricate details of the star-forming region known as the Tarantula Nebula which lies 170,000 light years from Earth. Scientists map violent nebula to discover how stars ...

  6. NGC 2029 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 2029 (also known as ESO 56-EN156 or the Dragon's Head Nebula [3]) is an emission nebula in the Dorado constellation and is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is part of a complex of nebulae and stars, including NGC 2032, NGC 2035 and NGC 2040. [4] It was discovered by James Dunlop on the 27 September 1826. [5]

  7. List of astronomy acronyms - Wikipedia

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    LDN – (catalog) Lynds Dark Nebula, a catalog of dark nebulae; LDN – (celestial object) large dark nebula, a large, wispy nebula made of neutral brown hydrogen gas. LDS – (catalog) Luyten Double Star; LDSS3 — (spectrograph) Low Dispersion Survey Spectrograph, from Magellan 2 Clay Telescope at LCO. LEO – (astrophysics terminology) low ...

  8. NGC 2264 - Wikipedia

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    Credit ESO NGC 2264 is the location where the Cone Nebula, the Stellar Snowflake Cluster and the Christmas Tree Cluster have formed in this emission nebula . For reference, the Stellar Snowflake Cluster is located 2,700 light years away in the constellation Monoceros.

  9. Messier 78 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year. [4] M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that includes NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071.