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NGC 3250
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NGC 3250 (also ESO 317-26, MCG -7-22-7, 2MASX J10263227-3956380 and PGC 30671) is a magnitude +11.2 elliptical galaxy located 41.066 million parsecs (134 million light-years) away in the constellation Antlia.
Nearby are the galaxies: NGC 3250B, NGC 3250C and NGC 3250D.

The galaxy was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope on the 1st February 1835. 

Right Ascension 10h 26m 32.1s, Declination -39° 56' 37"



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