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NGC 1684 (also MCG -1-13 -31, IRAS 04500-0311 and PGC 16219) is a magnitude +12.0 elliptical galaxy located 204 million light-years away in the constellation Orion.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 1st February 1786. 

Right Ascension 04h 52m 31.1s, Declination -03° 06' 20"



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