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NGC 28 (also PGC 730 and AM 0007-571) is a magnitude +13.8 elliptical galaxy located about 430 million light years 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 10m 25.1s, Declination -56° 59' 23"



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