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Add DSO names #3460

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# - NGC 247: Needle's Eye Galaxy; https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200116.html
# - NGC 602: Flying Lizard Nebula; https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150307.html
# - NGC 2327: Parrot Nebula; https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120308.html
# - NGC 7822: Cosmic Question Mark ; https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211013.html
# - NGC 6823: Cloud Sculpting Star Cluster; https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap041004.html
# HST:
# - Hubble offers a dazzling necklace; https://spacetelescope.org/images/potw1133a/
# ABIN:
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# - StDr 17 (Strottner-Drechsler 17) / Sh2-123 (Sharpless 2-123) “Tick Nebula” Planetary Nebula in Cygnus; https://www.astrobin.com/lyukvj/
# - Sh2-123 Tick Nebula; https://www.astrobin.com/tllta5/
# - Sh2-123 The Tick Nebula "One Tough little Bug!"; https://www.astrobin.com/evgldr/C/
# - NGC 7822 - The Question Mark Nebula; https://www.astrobin.com/mfyqzh/
# AAPOD2:
# - Dolphin Head Nebula - Sh2-308; https://www.aapod2.com/blog/dolphin-head-nebula-sh2-308
# - Bubble Galaxy - NGC 3521; https://www.aapod2.com/blog/ngc-3521
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# - NGC 3372: South Pillars (Region Name); http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/nebulae-clouds/the-south-pillar-region-of-the-carina-nebula/
# - Galaxy Merger Gallery; https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2012/08/21/galaxy-merger-gallery/
# U2K: Uranometria 2000.0 Volume 3, Deep Sky Field Guide
# SGN: Steve Gottlieb's NGC Notes; https://astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space/steve.ngc.htm
# ???: Source very much needed. Marked especially for objects which have a well-known name, where a new/alternative name does not help anybody.
# TBD: ADD OTHERS HERE!
NGC 40 _("Bow-Tie Nebula") # ESKY, B500
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NGC 88 _("Robert's Quartet") # WP
NGC 89 _("Robert's Quartet") # WP
NGC 92 _("Robert's Quartet") # WP
NGC 87 _("Phoenix Group") # SGN
NGC 88 _("Phoenix Group") # SGN
NGC 89 _("Phoenix Group") # SGN
NGC 92 _("Phoenix Group") # SGN
NGC 104 _("47 Tuc") # WK, TSS, BCH, SG, SOG, PSA, DN, CCG, PAS, PGH, TLO, RNGCIC
NGC 104 _("47 Tucanae") # U2K
NGC 128 _("NGC 128 group") # WSG
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NGC 1342 _("Stingray Cluster") # B500, SD
NGC 1342 _("Sea Robin Cluster") # SD
NGC 1350 _("The Colossal Cosmic Eye") # SG
NGC 1350 _("Cosmic Eye Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 1360 _("Robin's Egg Nebula") # APOD
NGC 1360 _("Comet Planetary Nebula") # B500, HT
NGC 1365 _("Great Barred Spiral Galaxy") # TSS, WP
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NGC 2362 _("τ CMa Cluster") # SIMBAD, DSW, CSOG-MSC, PAS
NGC 2362 _("Mexican Jumping Star") # DSW, B500
NGC 2362 _("Pirate's Jewels Cluster") # B500
NGC 2362 _("Mexican Jumping Bean Cluster") # SGN
NGC 2367 _("Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree") # DSW
NGC 2371 _("Gemini Nebula")
NGC 2371 _("Ant Nebula") # B500
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NGC 3753 _("Copeland's Sextet") # U2K
NGC 3754 _("Copeland's Septet") # NED, WSO, WSG, RNGCIC, RASC
NGC 3754 _("Copeland's Sextet") # U2K
NGC 3758 _("Owl Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 3766 _("Pearl Cluster") # CSOG-MSC, TLO
NGC 3766 _("Rich Man's Jewel Box") # SG
NGC 3918 _("Blue Planetary Nebula") # SG, PSA, DAN, DSNI, RNGCIC, U2K
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NGC 4609 _("Coalsack Cluster") # SIMBAD
NGC 4622 _("Backward Galaxy") # WP
NGC 4622 _("Centaurus Chain") # WSG
NGC 4627 _("Pup Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 4631 _("Whale Galaxy") # SIMBAD, WSG, B500
NGC 4631 _("Herring Galaxy") # SEDS
NGC 4650 _("Centaurus Chain") # WSG
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NGC 5128 _("The Hamburger Galaxy") # SG
NGC 5139 _("ω Cen Cluster") # WK, OGSC, TSS, BCH, DWH, SG, PSA, DN, PAS, PGH, TLO, RNGCIC
NGC 5139 _("Omega Centauri") # U2K
NGC 5152 _("Fly's Wing Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 5153 _("Fly's Wing Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 5189 _("Spiral Planetary Nebula") # TSS, SG, TLO
NGC 5194 _("Whirlpool Galaxy") # NED, DSW, BCH, DWH, SOG, WSO, WSG, PSA, CC, DN, B500, PAS, TLO, RNGCIC, SEDSM, U2K
NGC 5194 _("Question Mark Galaxy") # NED, SEDSM
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NGC 5394 _("The Heron Galaxy") # ST2, DSW
NGC 5395 _("The Heron Galaxy") # ST2, DSW
NGC 5416 _("NGC 5416 group") # WSG
NGC 5421 _("Flying Ant Galaxies") # SGN
NGC 5457 _("Pinwheel Galaxy") # SIMBAD, DSW, B500, PAS, TLO, RNGCIC, SEDSM
NGC 5466 _("Snowglobe Cluster") # SD
NGC 5466 _("Ghost Globular Cluster") # SD
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NGC 6231 _("Northern Jewel Box Cluster") # CSOG-MSC
NGC 6231 _("Table of Scorpius Cluster")
NGC 6231 _("Crocodile Cluster") # SG
NGC 6240 _("Rumpled Starfish Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 6266 _("Flickering Globular Cluster") # MO, B500, CSOG-MSC
NGC 6281 _("Moth Wing Cluster") # B500, SG, HT
NGC 6302 _("Bug Nebula") # WK, DSW, TSS, WSO, PSA, DN, B500, PAS, RNGCIC, U2K
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NGC 6819 _("Octopus Cluster") # HT
NGC 6822 _("Barnard's Galaxy") # NED, SIMBAD, DSW, TSS, BCH, WSO, WSG, PSA, DSNI, B500, PAS, RNGCIC, RASC, U2K
NGC 6822 _("Hubble X") # WSG
NGC 6823 _("Cloud Sculpting Star Cluster") # APOD
NGC 6826 _("Blinking Planetary Nebula") # SIMBAD, DSW, BCH, WSO, PSA, DN, DAN, DSNI, B500, PAS, TLO, RNGCIC, U2K
NGC 6830 _("Poodle Cluster") # B500
NGC 6838 _("Angelfish Cluster") # B500
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NGC 7654 _("Cassiopeia Salt-and-Pepper Cluster") # SEDSM
NGC 7654 _("October Salt-and-Pepper Cluster") # SEDSM
NGC 7654 _("The Scorpion Cluster") # MO, CSOG-MSC, B500
NGC 7656 _("Anthead Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 7662 _("Blue Snowball") # WK, WSO, PSA, CC, DSNI, DSNI, B500, WP, RNGCIC, U2K
NGC 7662 _("Copeland's Blue Snowball") # SIMBAD, DSW
NGC 7662 _("Snowball Nebula") # NASA, WP
NGC 7732 _("Zwicky's Pierced Galaxy") # SGN
NGC 7742 _("Fried-egg Galaxy")
NGC 7789 _("Caroline's Rose Cluster") # OGSC, APOD, CSOG-MSC, B500
NGC 7789 _("Ghost Cluster") # B500
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NGC 7793 _("Bond's Galaxy") # HT, B500
NGC 7814 _("The Little Sombrero Galaxy") # ESKY, B500
NGC 7814 _("Electric Arc Galaxy") # B500
NGC 7822 _("Question Mark Nebula") # APOD, ABIN
IC 10 _("Starburst Galaxy")
IC 59 _("γ Cas Nebula") # RNGCIC
IC 63 _("γ Cas Nebula") # RNGCIC
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IC 1365 _("ZW II 108 Group") # SIMBAD
IC 1396 _("Elephant's Trunk Nebula") # WK
IC 1396 _("The Misty Clover Cluster") # HT
IC 1613 _("Cetus System") # SGN
IC 1795 _("Fish Head Nebula")
IC 1805 _("Heart Nebula") # CSOG-MSC, B500
IC 1805 _("The Running Dog Nebula") # B500
IC 1805 _("Valentine Nebula") # B500
IC 1805 _("AFGL 333 Cloud") # SIMBAD
IC 1848 _("Baby Nebula") # SGN
IC 2087 _("Little Flame Nebula") # MISC, CSOG-BCH
IC 2118 _("Witch Head Nebula") # WK, DSW, TSS, PSA, RNGCIC, U2K
IC 2169 _("Dreyer's Nebula") # WP
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