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NGC 2522 (also UGC 4218, MCG 3-21-14, GWT 88.31 and PGC 22749) is a magnitude +13.6 lenticular galaxy located 216 million lightyears away in the constellation Cancer.

The galaxy was discovered byGerman astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 26th January 1865. 

Right Ascension 08h 06m 13.5s, Declination +17° 42' 24"



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