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NGC 3263 (also ESO 263-43, MCG -7-22-18, AM 1027-435, IRAS 10270-4351 and PGC 30887) is a magnitude +11.1 barred spiral galaxy located 138 million light-years away in the constellation Vela.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 3rd February 1835. 

Right Ascension 10h 29m 13.3s, Declination -44° 07' 22"



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