New images from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory suggest that the galaxy, known as NGC 3640, may soon merge with a smaller galactic ...
Where did NGC come from and how is it applied ... had been observed with telescopes ranging in size from Messier's 4-inch refractor to the 72-inch reflector of Lord Rosse. Verifying every object ...