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NGC 6503

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 6503 NGC 6503 is a field dwarf spiral galaxy located at the edge of a region of space called the Local Void. The dwarf galaxy spans 30,000 light-years and lies approximately 17 million light-years away in the constellation of …

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NGC 5907

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 5907 NGC 5907 (also known as Knife Edge Galaxy or Splinter Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy located approximately 50 million light years from Earth. William Herschel discovered the galaxy in 1788. Observation Log Information Log Index: 536 Session: 166 …

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NGC 5746

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 5746 NGC 5746 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the eastern part of the constellation of Virgo. It is a member of the NGC 5746 Group of galaxies, itself one of the Virgo III Groups strung out to …

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NGC 4699

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4699 NGC 4699 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is located at a distance of about 65 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4699 is about 85,000 …

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NGC 4567

NGC 4567

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4567 NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 (nicknamed the Butterfly Galaxies or Siamese Twins) are a set of unbarred spiral galaxies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. They were both discovered by William Herschel in 1784. They …

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NGC 4535

Roger Nelson February 14, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4535 NGC 4535 is a barred spiral galaxy located some 54 million light years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and is located 4.3° from Messier 87. The galactic …

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NGC 4526

NGC 4526

Roger Nelson February 12, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4526 NGC 4526 (also listed as NGC 4560) is a lenticular galaxy with an embedded dusty disc, located approximately 55 million light-years from the Solar System in the Virgo constellation and discovered on 13 April 1784 by William Herschel. …

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NGC 4517

NGC 4517

Roger Nelson February 12, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4517 NGC 4517 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies …

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NGC 4438 Eyes Galaxies

Roger Nelson February 12, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4438 NGC 4438 or the Eyes Galaxies (NGC 4435-NGC 4438, also known as Arp 120) are a pair of galaxies about 52 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The pair are members of the string of galaxies known as Markarian’s …

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