NGC

American  

Astronomy.

1. New General Catalogue: a catalog of clusters, nebulae, and galaxies compiled by Danish astronomer Johan Ludwig Dreyer (1852–1926) and published in 1888.

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NGC British  

abbreviation

1. New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; a catalogue in which over 8000 nebulae, galaxies, and clusters are listed numerically

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Example Sentences

NGC 2264 is a large and active region of space where new stars are forming, located about 2,700 light years from Earth.

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Astronomers assign catalog numbers like NGC 2264 to help identify and study deep space objects, especially those made of gas, dust, and young stars.

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The Christmas Tree Star Cluster Near the center of NGC 2264 is S Monocerotis, a bright variable star whose brightness changes over time.

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This enormous black hole sits in NGC 3783, a striking spiral galaxy recently photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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The supernova is located in the galaxy NGC 3621, in the direction of the constellation Hydra, approximately 22 million light-years away.

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