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NGC 25 (also ESO 149-19 and PGC 706) is a magnitude +13.0 lenticular galaxy located 435 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 28th October 1834. 

Right Ascension 00h 09m 59.3s, Declination -57° 01 15"



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