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NGC 2886 is a magnitude +13.9 group of four stars located in the constellation Hydra.

The grouping was discovered by English astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 1st February 1837. 

Right Ascension 09h 26m 38.7s, Declination -21° 44' 18"



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