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NGC 1038
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NGC 1038 (also PGC 10096, UGC 2158, MCG 0-7-76 or GWT 388.90) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy, located 277 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 17th October 1885.

Right Ascension  02h 40m 06.3s, Declination 01° 30' 34"

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