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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation New General Catalogue (of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars)

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  • abbreviation National Gallery of Canada.
  • abbreviation Nintendo GameCube.
  • initialism astronomy Initialism of New General Catalogue. It is a catalogue of deep sky objects.
  • initialism astronomy prefix for entries in the New General Catalogue.

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