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  2. UGC 3478 - Wikipedia

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    UGC 3478 is a spiral galaxy, located in the constellation of Camelopardalis. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Is is located at 128 million light-years from Earth. [ 5 ] It features a growing supermassive black hole (AGN) at its center.

  3. List of largest galaxies - Wikipedia

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    It is also important to consider the morphology of the galaxy when attempting to measure its size – an issue that has been raised by the Russian astrophysicist B.A. Vorontsov-Vel'Yaminov in 1961, which considers separate determination methods in measuring the sizes of spiral and elliptical galaxies. [2]

  4. Caldwell catalogue - Wikipedia

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    Sculptor Galaxy: Spiral Galaxy: 9,800 Sculptor: 7.1 C66 NGC 5694 Globular Cluster: 113 Hydra: 10.2 C67 NGC 1097 Barred Spiral Galaxy: 47,000 Fornax: 9.3 C68 NGC 6729: R CrA Nebula: Nebula: 0.424 Corona Australis - C69 NGC 6302: Bug Nebula: Planetary Nebula: 5.2 Scorpius: 13 C70 NGC 300: Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy: Spiral Galaxy: 3,900 Sculptor: 9 ...

  5. UGC 12158 - Wikipedia

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    UGC 12158 or PGC 69533 is an Sb-type barred spiral galaxy located approximately 384,000,000 ly (118 Mpc) away from Earth in the constellation of Pegasus.Its tight spiral disk spans approximately 140,000 ly (40 kpc), whose scale at heliocentric distance is about 36.9 kiloparsecs per arcminute. [2]

  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. NGC 7496 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 7496 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Grus.It is located at a distance of about 60 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that it is 75,000 light years across.

  8. NGC 7331 Group - Wikipedia

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    Spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is a foreground galaxy in the same field as the collection, which is also called the Deer Lick Group. [1] It contains four other members, affectionately referred to as the "fleas": the lenticular or unbarred spirals NGC 7335 and NGC 7336 , the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7337 and the elliptical galaxy NGC 7340 .

  9. List of nearest galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Most distant (difficult) naked eye object. Closest unbarred spiral galaxy to us and third largest galaxy in the Local Group. 61,100 ly 96 Andromeda XXI [68] dSph [55] 2.802 0.859 −9.9 Local Group: Satellite of Andromeda 97 Tucana Dwarf: dE5 2.87 0.88 [7] −9.16 15.7 [1] Local Group [7] Isolated group member — a 'primordial' galaxy [69] 98 ...