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NGC 2132 (also OCL 567) is a group of stars surrounding the magnitude +8.0 star SAO 234207 located 3178 light-years away in the constellation Pictor.

The grouping was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 11th January 1836.

Right Ascension 05h 55m 09.1s, Declination -59° 54' 37"



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