The New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars (abbreviated as NGC) is a catalogue of deep-sky objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888. The NGC contains 7,840 objects, known as the NGC objects. It is one of the largest comprehensive catalogues, as it includes all types of deep space objects, including galaxies, star clusters, emission nebulae and absorption nebulae.

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NGC 1924


NGC 1924 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 143 million light-years away in the constellation Orion. NGC 1924 was discovered on October 5, 1785 by William Herschel. NGC 1924 is not known to have an Active galactic nucleus, and is not known to have much star-forming regions.

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Wikipedia Page: NGC 1924
NGC 1924 at In-The-Sky website


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