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NGC 620 (also PGC 5990, UGC 1150, MCG 7-4-6, ZWG 537.16, 5ZW 81, IRAS01340 +4204) is a magnitude +12.9 compact galaxy located 101 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 14th December 1871. 

Right Ascension 01h 36m 59.6s, Declination +42° 19' 22"



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