List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 1968

NGC 4261 is an elliptical galaxy located behind the Virgo Cluster in the W-cloud.The active galactic nucleus (AGN) contains a 400 million solar mass supermassive black hole (SMBH) with a […]

NGC 4236 (also known as Caldwell 3) is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco.

NGC 4214 is a dwarf barred irregular galaxy located around 10 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Star lore or starlore is the creating and cherishing of mythical stories about the stars and star patterns (constellations and asterisms); that is folklore based upon the stars and star […]

NGC 4151 is an intermediate spiral Seyfert galaxy located 43 million light years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy was first mentioned by William Herschel on March […]

NGC 4125 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Draco.

NGC 4121 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy in the constellation Draco.

4031 Mueller is a Hungaria family asteroid named in honor of astronomer Jean Mueller for her astronomical discoveries. Discovered on February 12 1985 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory […]

Alpha Indi (α Ind α Indi) is a third magnitude giant star in the constellation Indus located about 98 light years from the Earth. The stellar classification of this star […]

(59358) 1999 CL158 also written as (59358) 1999 CL158 is a trans-Neptunian object that resides in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on February 11 1999 by Jane X. Luu […]