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NGC 7331

NGC 7331, also cataloged as Caldwell 30, is an unbarred spiral galaxy in Pegasus about 45 million light-years away, often described as a near twin of the Milky Way.

NGC 7332

NGC 7332 is a nearly edge-on lenticular galaxy in Pegasus, about 40 million light-years away, known for its counter-rotating gas and close pairing with NGC 7339.

NGC 7469

NGC 7469 is a barred spiral Seyfert 1 galaxy in Pegasus about 220 million light-years away, one of the original six Seyfert galaxies, interacting with IC 5283.

NGC 752

NGC 752, also cataloged as Caldwell 28, is an intermediate-age open cluster in Andromeda, about 1.3 billion years old and roughly 440 parsecs from the Sun.

NGC 7538

NGC 7538, also cataloged as Sh2-158, is an emission nebula and active star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus, about 8,800 light-years away, recorded by William Herschel in 1787.

NGC 7619

NGC 7619 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Pegasus and one of the two dominant members of the Pegasus I group, about 185 million light-years away.

NGC 7662

NGC 7662, also cataloged as Caldwell 22 and nicknamed the Blue Snowball Nebula, is a blue-green planetary nebula in Andromeda about 2,500 light-years away, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.

NGC 7789

NGC 7789, popularly known as Caroline's Rose, is a rich, intermediate-age open star cluster in Cassiopeia discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783, lying about 6,700 light-years from the Sun.

NGC 7793

NGC 7793, also called Bond's Galaxy, is a flocculent spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor, one of the brightest members of the nearby Sculptor Group, about 12 million light-years away.

NGC 869

NGC 869, also called h Persei, is a bright open cluster of young stars in the constellation Perseus, the western half of the famous Double Cluster with NGC 884.

Ngerulmud

Ngerulmud is the capital of Palau, a government complex in Melekeok State on Babeldaob island that replaced Koror on 7 October 2006 under the 1981 Constitution, with a near-zero resident population.

NGFR

NGFR, also called p75NTR, TNFRSF16, or CD271, is a 75-kDa TNF receptor superfamily protein on chromosome 17 that binds all neurotrophins, forms high-affinity sites with TrkA, and signals survival or apoptosis by cell context.

Nghe-Tinh soviets

The Nghe-Tinh soviets (Xô viết Nghệ-Tĩnh) were village governments formed by rebellious peasants in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces, Vietnam, in 1930 and 1931.

Nghi Sơn

Nghi Sơn (Nghi Sơn) is a coastal town in southern Thanh Hóa, Vietnam, home to the Nghi Son Economic Zone, the $9 billion NSRP refinery (200,000 bbl/day), 600 MW and 1,200 MW power plants, and a 100,000 DWT deep-water port; population about 307,304 (2026).

Nghi Son coal power station

Nghi Son coal power station (Nhà máy Nhiệt điện Nghi Sơn) is a coal-fired power complex in Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam, totaling about 1,920 MW.

NGHTMRE

NGHTMRE is the professional name of Tyler Marenyi, a Los Angeles-based producer and DJ of bass music who co-runs the Gud Vibrations label with SLANDER.

Nghtmre B2B Slander - Gud Vibrations

Gud Vibrations is the joint bass music project and record label of American producers SLANDER and NGHTMRE, named for a track on their 2015 EP Nuclear Bonds.

NGHTMRE presents: MINDFULL

NGHTMRE presents: MINDFULL is a live show and album tour by American DJ and producer NGHTMRE, built around his sophomore album MINDFULL, released in August 2025.

Nginx

Nginx, also known as Engine X, is open source software for web serving, reverse proxying, caching, and load balancing, created by Russian developer Igor Sysoev and first released in 2004.

Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe

Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe, also written Tumba-Ngiri-Maindombe, is the DRC's Ramsar site no. 1784 (designated 24 July 2008, 6,569,624 ha), the world's largest Ramsar site, around Lakes Tumba and Mai-Ndombe in the Congo Basin peatlands.

NGK (film)

NGK (Nandha Gopalan Kumaran, என்ஜிகே) is a 2019 Tamil-Telugu political thriller directed by Selvaraghavan, starring Suriya as an organic farmer drawn into politics, with Sai Pallavi and Rakul Preet Singh; released 31 May 2019 to mixed reviews.

NGK Insulators

NGK Insulators, Ltd. (日本ガイシ株式会社) is a Japanese ceramics manufacturer headquartered in Nagoya, founded in 1919 as a spin-off from Nippon Toki (now Noritake); it makes ceramic catalyst carriers, semiconductor components, and NAS batteries.

NGL (app)

NGL, short for "not gonna lie", is an anonymous messaging app launched in 2021 in which users share a link on Instagram or Snapchat and receive anonymous messages.

NGL Energy Partners

NGL Energy Partners is an American midstream energy partnership headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed in 2010, best known for transporting and disposing of produced water from oil and gas production.

NGL Energy Partners LP

NGL Energy Partners LP is a Delaware master limited partnership formed in 2010 as a propane business, now operating in water solutions, crude oil logistics, and liquids logistics.

NGLY1 deficiency

NGLY1 deficiency (NGLY1-CDDG, OMIM 615273) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive deglycosylation disorder causing developmental delay, movement disorder, alacrima, neuropathy, and elevated GlcNAc-Asn; first AAV9 gene therapy trial GS-100 is underway.

NGM Bio Holdings, Inc.

NGM Bio Holdings, Inc. is a Delaware biotechnology holding company in South San Francisco, parent of NGM Biopharmaceuticals after a 2024 take-private by The Column Group.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

NGM Biopharmaceuticals (NGM Bio) is a South San Francisco biotechnology company developing engineered protein and antibody drugs, taken private by The Column Group in 2024.

NGMN Alliance

The NGMN Alliance (Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance) is a Düsseldorf-based industry association, founded by mobile network operators in 2006 to define requirements for next-generation mobile networks.

Ngô Bảo Châu

Ngô Bảo Châu, born in Hanoi in 1972, is a Vietnamese mathematician who proved the fundamental lemma in automorphic forms, winning the 2010 Fields Medal.