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ASTRO: NGC 4731 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 4731 is a very strange, distorted galaxy on the far side of the
Virgo Cluster, about 65 million light-years distant though red shift
puts it far closer....
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586 |
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ASTRO: NGC 3486 A neat fragmented arm galaxy by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 3486 is a multi-fragmented arm spiral in western Leo Minor about 45
million light-years distant. It has a very bright core but faint arms.
NED classes...
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789 |
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750 |
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ASTRO: NGC 3945, 3975 and 3978 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 3945 is a double ring galaxy in Ursa Major just above the bowl of
the big dipper. It is about 65 million light-years distant (64 by
redshift). It is...
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945 |
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ASTRO: IC 2184 Galaxies in confusion by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Markarian 8/IC 2184 is a pair of colliding galaxies in Camelopardalis
about 160 million light-years distant. It may look like it consists of
3 or 4...
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6 |
1,507 |
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1,071 |
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ASTRO: FGC 965 a neat flat galaxy by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
FGC 965 also known as NGC 3044 is a neat flat galaxy in Sextans some 75
million light-years distant by redshift. NED has 4 other estimates
ranging from 65...
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0 |
1,216 |
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0 |
839 |
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ASTRO: NGC 2775 A Flocculent Galaxy by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2775 is a flocculent galaxy in southeastern Cancer. Redshift puts
it about 76 million light-years distant by redshift and 55 million
light-years by a...
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2 |
670 |
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ASTRO: Sharpless 2-224 by
Stefan Lilge
I used all available clear skies in November 2012 for an image of Sharpless 2-224, which unfortunately is too faint to give a good view from the city even with...
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0 |
995 |
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ASTRO: FGC 601 AKA The Integral Sign Galaxy by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 3697/FGC 601 is commonly known as the Integral Sign Galaxy. Oddly,
Arp had 6 galaxies in his category for integral sign shaped galaxies but
omitted this...
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1 |
780 |
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ASTRO: NGC3893 AND 3896 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 3893 and NGC 3896 are a pair of interacting galaxies in Ursa Major
some 50 to 65 million light-years distant depending on which estimate
you trust. ...
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565 |
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ASTRO: NGC 2381 A face on spiral by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2381 is a rather odd spiral galaxy in Ursa Major some 40 to 50
million light-years distant. NED gives it the very complex
classification as...
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2 |
921 |
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M 89 seen a bit differently than usual by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
M 89/NGC 4552 is a large elliptical galaxy in Virgo. As a member of the
Virgo Cluster it is likely about 60 million light-years away. NED
classes it as...
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723 |
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ASTRO: Palomar 3 third most distant globular by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
About 6 days ago I posted my image of Palomar 4, the most distant
Palomar globular and second most distant one known. Palomar 3 is the
third most distant...
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0 |
764 |
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ASTRO: NGC 2787 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 2787 is a barred spiral in Ursa Major. Red shift puts it about 36
million light-years away though this has a large error bar. NED lists
two other...
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1 |
803 |
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ASTRO: Palomar 4 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
Palomar 4 is the most distant of the Palomar globulars. It is located
in Ursa Major some 356,000 light-years from earth. It was originally
discovered by...
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0 |
856 |
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ASTRO: LBN 902, GAL 201.6+01.6 and LDN 1608 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
LBN 902 and GAL 201.6+01.6 swimming in the dark nebula LDN 1608. These
are located northwest of the Fox Fur Nebula, NGC 2264 in the
constellation of...
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0 |
665 |
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UGC 4671 and NGC 2692 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
UGC 4671 and NGC 2692 are a pair of very different galaxies in
northwestern Ursa Major just above its front paws. Redshift puts them
about 190 million...
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0 |
625 |
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ASTRO: NGC 4331 by
Rick Johnson[_2_]
NGC 4331 is a very weird galaxy in Draco west of the bottom of the bowl
of the Little Dipper. Redshift puts it about 74 million light-years
away. A single...
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0 |
686 |