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NGC 3302 (also ESO 437-7, MCG -5-25-20, AM 1033-320 and PGC 31391) is a magnitude +12.5 lenticular galaxy located 187 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia.

The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 28th January 1835.

Right Ascension 10h 35m 47.4s, Declination -32° 21' 30"



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