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NGC 2000.0 (also known as the Complete New General Catalog and Index Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters) is a 1988 compilation of the NGC and IC made by Roger W. Sinnott, using the J2000.0 coordinates. [17] [18] It incorporates several corrections and errata made by astronomers over the years. [5]
NGC 2022 is a planetary nebula in the equatorial constellation of Orion, located at a distance of 8.21 kilolight-years from the Sun. [3] It was first observed by William Herschel on December 28, 1785, who described it as: considerably bright, nearly round, like a star with a large diameter, like an ill-defined planetary nebula. [ 7 ]
The NGC 1 and 2 pair are not physically related. NGC 1 lies at a distance of ~200 million l.y. with NGC 2 at roughly 320 million l.y. [5] The initial observers missed NGC 2, which is much fainter. NGC 1 appears to be quite close to NGC 2, in reality however, the two objects are far apart and unrelated. NGC 2 was first observed as a "companion ...
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NGC number Image (click to enlarge) Type Discoverer Constellation Right ascension Declination Apparent Magnitude References NGC 8: Double star: Otto Wilhelm: Pegasus: 00 h 08 m 45.3 s: 23° 50′ 20″ 15.2/16.5 [1] NGC 18: Double star Herman Schultz: Pegasus 00 h 09 m 23.1 s: 27° 43′ 55″ 14.0 [2] NGC 30: Double star John Herschel: Pegasus ...
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NGC 2144 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Mensa [2] in the southern hemisphere. It was first discovered and observed by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888, during his efforts to update the New General Catalogue. NGC 2144 is not a Messier Object and doesn't have a Messier Number. The galaxy has been heavily documented and observed by ...