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Compact Dwarf in M81 system UGC 5497 by
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UGC 5497 is a blue compact dwarf galaxy that is a member of the M81 galaxy group so very close to us. But being a dwarf very small. While it has been known...
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Ngc 5002 by
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NGC 5002 is an barred Magellanic galaxy usually considered a member of the NGC 5033 group in Canes Venatici. NED's 5 year WMAP data shows it to be about 61...
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Galaxy pair NGC 2884 and 2889 by
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NGC 2884 and 2889 are a considered a galaxy pair in Hydra. They apparently are only an optical pair as NGC 2884 has a redshift based distance of 250 million...
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July 21st 15 07:55 AM
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Ngc 5400 by
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NGC 5400 is a very large S0 galaxy in Virgo about 350 to 360 million light-years distant. Thus while it is in Virgo it is far beyond the Virgo Galaxy cluster...
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July 19th 15 07:06 AM
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NGC 2684 and lots of distant friends by
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NGC 2684 is a rather non symmetrical galaxy by the front feet of Ursa Major. Redshift puts it about 140 million light-years distant. It lies among a lot of...
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July 15th 15 07:44 AM
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Ngc 2192 by
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NGC 2192 is a rather tight but somewhat sparse open cluster in Auriga about 8,000 light-years distant with a Trumpler classification of III1p meaning it has no...
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July 13th 15 09:52 PM
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July 12th 15 06:13 PM
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Abell 1314 and MRK 178 by
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MRK 0178 is a very blue nearby irregular galaxy seen in front of the Abell 1314 galaxy cluster. Several sources list it as being a double galaxy and one says...
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July 12th 15 08:42 AM
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Strange, peculiar NGC 2876 by
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NGC 2876 and its companions are located in Hydra about 2 degrees north of Alphard (Alpha Hydrae). This put it right in the geostationary satellite belt as...
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July 12th 15 05:27 AM
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McNeil's Nebula for 2015 by
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McNeil's Nebula suddenly appeared being recognized as a new object by M78 January 23, 2004 when Jay McNeil found it testing a 3" refractor. Searching old...
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July 8th 15 06:43 AM
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Ngc 5201 by
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NGC 5201 is a very strange, huge galaxy in Ursa Major between the last two stars in the handle of the Big Dipper. Redshift measurements put it some 400...
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July 7th 15 07:28 AM
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Arp 275 by
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Arp 275/NGC 2881 is a pair of colliding galaxies in Hydra nearly a quarter billion light-years from earth. Arp had no category for colliding galaxies. Though...
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July 6th 15 04:47 AM
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July 6th 15 04:37 AM
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Spiral NGC 5211 by
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NGC 5211 is a rather strange spiral galaxy in Virgo 170 to 180 million light-years distant. It is classified by NED as (R')SAB(rs)ab pec though the NGC...
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Ngc 3614 by
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The barred spiral galaxy, NGC 3614 is located in Ursa Major nearly 10 degrees below the bowl of the Big Dipper portion of the constellation. It is a huge...
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Large Spiral NGC 5375/5396 by
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NGC 5375/5396 is a large spiral galaxy in southeastern Canes Venatici about 120 million light-years distant and about 120,000 light-years across. NED...
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July 5th 15 06:33 AM
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Spiral UGC 6903 by
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UGC 6903 is a diffuse low surface brightness SB(s)cd galaxy in Virgo. The galaxy has an out of focus look to it with all its features being very soft and...
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July 3rd 15 06:06 AM
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Nearby Dwarf Galaxy UGC 8201 by
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UGC 8201/PGC 045372 is a Magellanic irregular dwarf galaxy that belongs to the M81 galaxy group. Measurements of its distance vary around 15 million...
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July 2nd 15 03:05 AM
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Compact Galaxy Group SHK 1 by
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SHK 1 (Shakhbazian Compact Groups 1) is a really compact galaxy group. It consists of over 17 small red galaxies, about 1.5 billion light-years distant in...
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June 29th 15 10:24 PM
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Ngc 2750 by
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NGC 2750 is a triangular shaped galaxy about 135 million light-years distant (125 million by a single Tully-Fisher measurement) in northwestern Cancer. It's...
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June 25th 15 04:08 PM
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