NGC 513 (also IRAS 01216+3332, MCG 6-4-16, UGC 953 and PGC 5174) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 269 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at...
NGC 515 (also MCG 5-4-52, UGC 956 and PGC 5201) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 234 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berksh...
NGC 537 (also Arp 158, NGC 523, IRAS 01225+3345, MCG 6-4-18, UGC 979 and PGC 5268) is a magnitude +12.7 spiral (?) galaxy located 219 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 sp...
NGC 517 (also MCG 5-4-54, UGC 960 and PGC 5214) is a magnitude +12.5 lenticular galaxy located 193 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berksh...
NGC 536 (also MCG 6-4-21, UGC 1013 and PGC 5344) is a magnitude +12.4 barred spiral galaxy located 238 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 536 is a member of the HCG 10 group. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch...
NGC 614 (also NGC 627, NGC 618, MCG 5-4-75, UGC 1140 and PGC 5933) is a magnitude +12.7 lenticular galaxy located 237 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflec...
NGC 679 (also MCG 6-5-12, UGC 1283 and PGC 6711) is a magnitude +12.3 lenticular galaxy located 232 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Be...
NGC 890 (also MCG 5-6-30, UGC 1823 and PGC 8997) is a magnitude +11.6 lenticular galaxy located 183 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, B...
NGC 7161 is a magnitude +6.1(?) double star or asterism located 215 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The double star was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 1...
NGC 7407 (also IRAS 22510+3151, MCG 5-54-2, UGC 12230 and PGC 69922) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 296 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Mar...
NGC 7411 (also MCG 3-58-10, UGC 12241 and PGC 69974) is a magnitude +13.4 elliptical galaxy located 314 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 13th September 1863 Rig...
NGC 7415 (also MCG 3-58-11, UGC 12244 and PGC 69984) is a magnitude +14.7 pair of spiral galaxies located 619 and 549 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector in Malta on the 13th Septembe...
Gaia discovers its first supernova While scanning the sky to measure the positions and movements of stars in our Galaxy, Gaia has discovered its first stellar explosion in another galaxy far, far away. This powerful event, now named Gaia14aaa, took place in a distant galaxy some 500 million light-...
