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NGC 1653
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NGC 1653 (also UGC 3153, MCG 0-13-3, GWT 394.2 and PGC 15942) is a magnitude +11.9 elliptical galaxy located 47.809 million parsecs (156 million light-years) away in the constellation Eridanus.

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 45m 47.5s, Declination -02° 23' 34"



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