Coin collecting can become a competitive activity, as prompted by the recent emergence of PCGS ( Professional Coin Grading Service ) and NGC ( Numismatic Guarantee Corporation ) Registry Sets.

The two most prominent grading services at present are the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ( NGC ) and the Professional Coin Grading Service ( PCGS ).

In 1998, NGC Corporation was renamed Dynegy ().

* September 2001-Meridian purchased the South Island customer-base of Natural Gas Corporation ( NGC ), at the time New Zealand's largest electricity retailer.

It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business.

NGC was purchased by Noble Affiliates, Inc. and Apache Corporation, independent oil and gas exploration and production companies, for a reported $ 50 million in 1989.

In 1993, LG & E Energy Corporation took a stake in NGC, which by then was the largest independent natural gas marketing firm in the United States and had revenues of more than US $ 2 billion.

Natural Gas Clearinghouse shortened its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after its merger with Trident NGL closed.

NGC Corporation also established several subsidiaries to enable it to enter the electrical generation, marketing, and sales areas.

The deal required NGC Corporation to sell Destec's power generation subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom for US $ 407 million, although NGC Corporation retained Destec's 20 domestic gas-fired power plants.

In June 1998, NGC Corporation changed its name to Dynegy, Inc.

In the May 26, 2003 edition of Coin World, the hobby newspaper had announced they had contracted investigators to conduct a year-long, comparative study of PCGS, ACCGS, NGC ( Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ) and several other grading services, each known as a Third Party Grader ( TPG ).

On January 7, 2008 Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ( NGC ) posted a notice on their website that high-quality counterfeits of their holders had been purchased on eBay: " Most frequently Trade Dollars and Bust Dollars are found, although Flowing Hair Dollars and foreign coins have also been seen.

" Caution is advised when purchasing coins in PCGS and Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ( NGC ) holders as the seller can disclaim liability due to the " third party " nature of the counterfeit holder.

The Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ( or NGC ) is a provider of third-party coin grading services to numismatists.

The plane of the outer ring is distorted, which suggests that NGC 4650A is the result of a galaxy collision about a billion years ago.

Chamaeleon contains one planetary nebula, NGC 3195, which is fairly faint.

NGC 6925 is a barred spiral galaxy of apparent magnitude 11. 3 which is lens shaped as it lies almost edge on to us.

Another type of cluster are faint fuzzies which so far have only been found in lenticular galaxies like NGC 1023 and NGC 3384.

NGC 5979 is a planetary nebula of apparent magnitude 12. 3, which has a blue-green hue at higher magnifications, while Henize 2-138 is a smaller planetary nebula of magnitude 11. 0.

The one at 43 μm is much weaker than the one at 60 μm, which means the water ice, is located in the outer parts of the disk at temperatures below 50 K. There is also another broad ice feature between 87 and 90 μm, which is very similar to the one in NGC 6302 ( the Bug or Butterfly nebula in Scorpius ).

He was very thorough in his referencing, which allowed future astronomers to review the original references and published corrections to the original NGC.

* 1985 — Robert Antonucci and J. Miller discover that the Seyfert II galaxy NGC 1068 has broad lines which can only be seen in polarized reflected light,

Other supernova impostors have been seen in other galaxies, for example the possible false supernovae SN 1961v in NGC 1058 and SN 2006jc in UGC 4904, which produced a false supernova, noted in October 2004.

The telescope was dedicated in October 2004 and saw first light with a single primary mirror on October 12, 2005 which viewed NGC 891.

The Large Binocular Telescope had its first light with a single primary mirror on October 12, 2005, which was a view of NGC 891.

The brightest members are NGC 4889 and NGC 4874, both of which are of thirteenth magnitude, with most of the other members being of fifteenth magnitude or dimmer.

Due to its location on the Milky Way, this constellation contains many deep-sky objects, the most notable of which is NGC 6087.

* NGC 6067 is an open cluster, which lies less than 1 ° north of Kappa Normae.

O. K. Sil ' chenko and A. V. Moiseev proposed that the ring was formed partly as the result of a merger event in which a smaller gas-rich dwarf galaxy collided with NGC 7742.

Another giant H II region — NGC 604 is located in M33 spiral galaxy, which is about 817 kpc ( 2. 66 million light years ) away from the Sun.

There are two double stars within the constellation which can be observed using a small telescope, Gamma Volantis and Epsilon Volantis, along with two galaxies which may be more difficult to see clearly, NGC 2442 and NGC 2434.

* NGC 7538, home of the largest discovered protostar which is about 300 times the size of our Solar System.

In 1996 NGC Corp. ( now Dynegy ) leased in the First Interstate Plaza.

Watson has served on the Boards of the Independent Petroleum Association of America ( IPAA ), Natural Gas Supply Association ( NGSA ), Interstate Natural Gas Association of America ( INGAA ), Edison Electric Institute ( EEI ), Natural Gas Council ( NGC ) and is currently on the Board of Baker Hughes, Baylor College of Medicine, Mainstream Renewable Power, Shona Energy Company, Patman Drilling Inc., Central Houston Inc., Angeleno Group and Mainstream Renewable Power.

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