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NGC 1979

elliptical galaxy in the constellation Lepus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ1046310 ↗
Source-derived summary

NGC 1979 (also known as ESO 487-24) is a lenticular galaxy in the Lepus constellation. It is about 78 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by William Herschel on 20 November 1784 and its size is 1.8 by 1.8 arc minutes.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “NGC 1979” as elliptical galaxy in the constellation Lepus. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 1784—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where elliptical, galaxy and constellation can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as elliptical galaxy in the constellation Lepus. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1046310. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 1784.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “NGC 1979”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow NGC 1979 primary sources, NGC 1979 archive and elliptical research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
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This entry incorporates text from “NGC 1979” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.