Data archive · Operated by Caltech/IPAC
NED
A database that gathers everything known about objects beyond the Milky Way — positions, redshifts, images, and the literature — cross-linking millions of galaxies and quasars across all the surveys that have observed them.
Organisations, telescopes & standards
Used across the archive
Knowledge connections
- Associated withCaltech/IPAC
- Associated withPersistent Identifiers
- Associated withAbell Catalogue
- Associated withGalaxy Catalogues
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.