Astronomers confirm low-luminosity active galactic nucleus in nearby galaxy NGC 3221

Using ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, astronomers from Stanford University and elsewhere have conducted deep X-ray observations ...
Astronomy

Deep-Sky Dreams: NGC 7789

NGC 7789 is an open star cluster situated in Cassiopeia, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783, and is also known by appellations such as "Caroline’s Haystack." This celestial object is a relatively ...
Astronomy

Deep-Sky Dreams: NGC 3718 and NGC 3729

NGC 3718 is a distorted spiral galaxy about 65 million light-years away. NGC 3729, a nearby galaxy, likely distorted NGC 3718. Both NGC 3718 and NGC 3729 are barred spiral galaxies. Hickson Compact ...
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Photometry of a Group of Stars in the Direction of NGC 1746/1750/1758

ABSTRACT.UBVUBV broadband photometry is reported for 19 stars in the direction of the Galactic (open) star clusters NGC 1746/1750/1758. Nine of these stars possess proper motions that point to the ...