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NGC 2325 (also ESO 427-28, MCG -5-17-5 and PGC 20047) is a magnitude +11.0 elliptical galaxy located 22.744 million parsecs (74 million light-years) away in the constellation Canis Major.

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 1st February 1837. 

Right Ascension 07h 02m 40.2s, Declination -28° 41' 52"



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