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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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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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