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NGC 5005, NGC 5033

NGC 5005

Roger Nelson February 11, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC5005 NGC 5005, also known as Caldwell 29, is an inclined spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy has a relatively bright nucleus and a bright disk that contains multiple dust lanes. The galaxy’s high surface brightness makes …

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NGC 4656

NGC 4656

Roger Nelson February 11, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4656 NGC 4656 57 is a highly warped edge-on barred spiral galaxy located in the local universe 30 million light years away from earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. This galaxy is sometimes called the Hockey Stick Galaxy or …

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NGC 4631

NGC 4631

Roger Nelson February 11, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC 4631 NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici about 30 million light years away from Earth. This galaxy’s slightly distorted wedge shape gives it the …

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NGC 4490

NGC 4490

Roger Nelson February 11, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios Leave a Comment

NGC 4490 NGC 4490, also known as the Cocoon Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. William Herschel discovered it in 1788. It is known to be of the closest interacting/merging galactic system. The galaxy lies …

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NgC 4449

NGC 4449

Roger Nelson February 11, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC 4449 NGC 4449, also known as Caldwell 21, is an irregular Magellanic type galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, being located about 13 million light-years away.  It is part of the M94 Group or Canes Venatici I Group that is …

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NGC 4244

NGC 4244

Roger Nelson February 11, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC 4244 NGC 4244, also known as Caldwell 26, is an edge-on loose spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, and is part of the M94 Group or Canes Venatici I Group, a galaxy group relatively close to the Local …

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li 853 MG 0860

NGC 3607

Roger Nelson February 8, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC 3607 NGC 3607 is a small but fairly bright lenticular galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Leo, about 2.5° south of the prominent star Delta Leonis. The galaxy was discovered March 14, 1784 by William Herschel. Dreyer described it …

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li 764 NGC4214 MG 0466

NGC 4214

Roger Nelson February 8, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC 4214 NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years[2] away in the constellation Canes Venatici. NGC 4214 is a member of the M94 Group. NGC 4214 is both larger and brighter than the Small …

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li 762 MG 0459

NGC 4111

Roger Nelson February 8, 2024110 Finest NGCs, Galaxies, Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, NGC Objects, Portfolios

NGC 4111 From an Observation in 1994 with a high power eyepiece on the C14 at the WCO: Again this is from the feature image above taken in 2013 NGC 4111 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. …

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