List of articles in "Celestial Body" category - Page 2047

NGC 3227 is a spiral galaxy that is interacting with the dwarf elliptical galaxy NGC 3226. The two galaxies are one of several examples of a spiral with a dwarf […]

NGC 3079 is a barred spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away and located in the constellation Ursa Major. A prominent feature of this galaxy is the bubble forming in […]

NGC 2997 is a face-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 40 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia. It is the brightest galaxy of the NGC 2997 group of galaxies. NGC […]

NGC 2903 is a barred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel who cataloged it on November 16 1784. NGC […]

NGC 2841 is an inclined unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. Initially thought to be about 30 million light years distant a 2001 Hubble Space Telescope survey of […]

NGC 2787 is a barred lenticular galaxy approximately 24 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. In 1999 the Hubble Space Telescope took a look at NGC 2787.

NGC 2683 is a spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on February 5 1788. It was nicknamed the UFO Galaxy by the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory. It is viewed […]

NGC 2541 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located about 40 million light-years away. It is in NGC 2841 group with NGC 2500 NGC 2537 and NGC 2552 galaxies.[citation needed]

NGC 2442 / 2443 or commonly known as the Meathook Galaxy or the Cobra and Mouse is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Volans. […]

NGC 1637 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. A supernova (SN 1999em) was observed in NGC 1637.