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NGC 2897 (also NPM1G +02.0220 and PGC 26949) is a magnitude +14.5 spiral galaxy located 323 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy is near to the magnitude 8.3 star HD 82089.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 6th February 1864. 

Right Ascension 09h 29m 45.7s, Declination +02° 12' 27"



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