Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p NGC 3115 (also called the Spindle Galaxy or Caldwell 53) is a lenticular (S0) galaxy in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on February 22, 1787. At about 32 million light-years away from us it is several times bigger than our Milky Way. It is a lenticular (S0) galaxy because it contains a disk and a central bulge of stars, but without a detectable spiral pattern. NGC 3115 is seen almost exactly edge-on that it was occasionally mis-classified as elliptical.. }
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- NGC_3115 comment "NGC 3115 (also called the Spindle Galaxy or Caldwell 53) is a lenticular (S0) galaxy in the constellation Sextans. The galaxy was discovered by William Herschel on February 22, 1787. At about 32 million light-years away from us it is several times bigger than our Milky Way. It is a lenticular (S0) galaxy because it contains a disk and a central bulge of stars, but without a detectable spiral pattern. NGC 3115 is seen almost exactly edge-on that it was occasionally mis-classified as elliptical.".