NGC 7307 (also ESO 345-26, IRAS 22309-4111, MCG -7-46-3 and PGC 69161) is a magnitude +13.0 barred spiral galaxy located 96 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. NGC 7307 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum re...
NGC 7249 (also ESO 190-1 or PGC 68606) is a magnitude +13.4 lenticular galaxy located 549 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. NGC 7249 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Clar...
NGC 7140 (also NGC 7141, ESO 189-7, IRAS 21488-5548 and PGC 67532) is a magnitude +11.5 SBbc type barred spiral galaxy located 137 million light-years away in the constellation Indus. NGC 7140 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum ...
NGC 306 (ESO 29-SC23) is a magnitude +12.5 open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Tucana. The open cluster was discovered by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremo...
NGC 267 (also ESO 29-SC15) is an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Tucana. The open cluster NGC 267 was discovered by the British astronomer John Frederick William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremon...
NGC 149 (also MCG 5-2-24, UGC 332 and PGC 2028) is a magnitude +13.8 lenticular galaxy located 222 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 149 was discovered by the French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Ob...
NGC 1975 is a reflection nebula 1/2 degree northeast of the Orion Nebula. Read more NGC 1975 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 3 October 1864. RA 05h 35m 15.45s, Dec -04° 48' 23' 06.7&...
NGC 1755 is a magnitude +9.9 open cluster near the Large Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Dorado. The cluster was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop using a homemade 9-foot 22.86 cm (9 inch) f/12 speculum Newtonian reflector at Paramatta, New South Wales, Australia, on the...
This dramatic spiral galaxy, catalogued as NGC 1309, in the constellation Eridanus was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Recent observations of the galaxy taken in visible and infrared light come together in a colourful depiction of many of the galaxy's features. Bright blue...
NGC 1096 (also PGC 10336, ESO 115-28, AM 0242-600 or IRAS02425-6007) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy in the constellation Horologium. NGC 1096 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, Claremont, Cap...
NGC 868 (also PGC 8659, UGC 1748 or GWT 387.63) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cetus. NGC 868 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on t...
NGC 859 (also listed as NGC 856) is a magnitude +13.3 spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. NGC 859 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 3rd October 1...
NGC 685 is a magnitude +11.2 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Eridanus. NGC 685 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen Road, Claremont, Cape Town on the 3rd October 1834. RA 01h 47m 42.802s, Dec...
NGC 576 (also PGC 5535, ESO 196-7, FAIR 295, AM 0126-515 or IRAS01269-5151) is a magnitude +13.0 galaxy located 329 million light years away in the constellation Phoenix. NGC 576 was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope...
NGC 720 is a magnitude +10.2 elliptical galaxy located 80 million light years away in the constellation Cetus. NGC 720 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) speculum reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 3rd Oc...
