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 5898


NGC 5898 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Libra. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2301 ± 13 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 33.93 ± 2.38 Mpc (∼111 million light-years). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 21 May 1784. One supernova has been observed in NGC 5898: SN 2023mkt (type Ia, mag 18.2).

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Wikipedia Page: NGC 5898
NGC 5898 at In-The-Sky website


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