If the center of NGC 4258 were a star cluster, the stars would be so closely spaced that collisions between individual stars would have long ago torn the cluster apart.
如果NGC 4258的中心是一个星团，恒星之间的距离会非常近，以至于在很久以前单个恒星之间的碰撞就会把星团撕裂。
Image: Composite image of galaxy NGC 3115.
图片名称：NGC3115星系的合成图像。
NGC 7380 was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787.
NGC 7380于1787年由卡罗琳·赫歇尔发现。
NGC 4731 itself is well over 100, 000 light-years across.
NGC 4731本身的直径超过10万光年。
NGC 3603 also contains some of the most massive stars known.
NGC3603也包括一些巨大的著名的星星。
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 4731 lies some 65 million light-years away.
棒旋星系ngc 4731约在6500光年以外。
Open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884, however, are doubly impressive.
不过疏散星团NGC 869和 NGC 884 则是令人叹为观止的。
Broader than the disk, NGC 660's ring spans about 40, 000 light-years.
NGC 660的环比盘更为宽广，直径大约为40000光年。
Galaxies of the NGC 7771 group are featured in this intriguing skyscape.
NGC7771组星系在这幅迷人的天空风景中占重要位置。
At the estimated distance of NGC 6188, the picture spans about 200 light-years.
以NGC 6188的距离推测，这张图片宽约200光年。
At top center is NGC 7319 and the compact galaxy group known as Stephan's Quintet.
在中间上部是NGC 7319和被称为斯蒂芬五重星系的致密星系群。
This dark tower, NGC 6231, and associated nebulae are about 5, 000 light-years away.
这座暗黑之塔NGC 6231和与之相连的星云距我们大约 5000 光年远。
Brighter NGC 2327 forms the head with the more diffuse IC 2177 as the wings and body.
亮一些的NGC 2327是头，更弥散的IC 2177是两翼和身体。
Above M87 is the famous interacting galaxy pair NGC 4438, also known as The Eyes.
在 M87上面的是著名的互相作用的星系对 NGC 4438，也被称为“眼睛”。
NGC 3982 is located about 68 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
NGC 3982位于离大熊星座星群约6千8百万光年处。
The galaxy, known as NGC 4911, contains rich lanes of dust and gas near its center.
这个星系被称为NGC941，在它的中心附近有大量的气体、尘埃带。
NGC 4452 was first seen by William Herschel in 1784 with his 47 cm telescope in England.
NGC 4452首见于1784年，是英格兰的威廉·赫瑟尔用他那47cm的望远镜发现的。
The spiral in the upper left corner is NGC 3185, the 4th member of the Hickson group.
该希克森星系群的第四名成员是位于影像左上角的漩涡星系NGC3185。
Galaxies NGC 5216 (top) and NGC 5218 really do look like they are connected by a string.
星系ngc 5216(上)和NGC 5218看起来真象由一根细钱相连。
The image is being billed as the sharpest shot yet of the star-forming region known as NGC 604.
这幅图片是用来宣传那恒星生成区域的最清晰的照片（即NGC 604）。
NGC 2818 is one of very few planetary nebulae in our galaxy located within an open cluster.
NGC2818是银河系中少数几个位于疏散星团内部的行星状星云之一。
Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long.
暗轮廓和亮边缘掠过满布尘埃的NGC 6188，宽数十光年。
Sliding your cursor over the image will label the larger galaxies using NGC catalog designations.
在照片上滑动鼠标时，会按照 NGC 的分类名称标识出较大的星系。
That's apparently what happened in NGC 3079, a galaxy with tall pillars of gas extending from its core.
正如NGC 3079星系中所发生的那样，从星系中心喷发出高大的气柱。
Continued numerical modeling of galaxies like NGC 1313 might shed some light on its unusual nature.
继续对NGC 1313这样的星系进行数字模拟可能透露它的特殊性质。
The proximity of NGC 3603 makes it an excellent lab for studying such distant and momentous events.
NGC3603的近邻为研究这样遥远和重大的事件创造了一个杰出的实验室。
Colorful, spiky stars in this cosmic portrait of NGC 1055 are in the foreground, well within the Milky Way.
这张NGC 1055的宇宙画像中，彩色带星芒的是前景恒星，在银河系内。
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 1275, the galaxy located in the center of the Perseus galaxy Cluster.
这幅哈伯天文望远镜拍摄的图片显示的是新总表1275，该星系位于英仙座星系团的中部。
The faint, wide arcs or shells of NGC 474 could have been formed by a gravitational encounter with neighbor NGC 470.
NGC 470暗淡而巨大的弧圈或壳可能是与比邻星系NGC 470之间的引力碰撞形成的。
Featured in this sharp telescopic image, globular star cluster Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is some 15, 000 light-years away.
这幅高清望远镜图像显示的是距地15 000光年的半人马座欧米伽球状星团（NGC 5139）。
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