NGC 1579 [SEP] constellation
NGC 1579
NGC 1579 (also known as the Northern Trifid) is a diffuse nebula located in the constellation of Perseus. It is referred to as the Northern Trifid because of its similar appearance to the Trifid Nebula, which is located in the southern celestial hemisphere of the sky. It is a H II region, a region of star formation.
The star cluster contains the emission-line star LkHα 101, which provides much of the ionizing radiation in the nebula.
NGC 1579 lies within a giant molecular cloud
NGC 48
The New General Catalogue object NGC 48 is a barred spiral galaxy located approximately 79.3 million light-years from the Solar System in the constellation Andromeda.
See also.
- Spiral galaxy
- List of NGC objects (1–1000)
- Andromeda (constellation)
External links.
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?48
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc_fr.cgi?48
- http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC48
- http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-S?NGC+48
- Базы данных про объекты NGC/IC