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NGC 2663 (also ESO 371-14, MCG -6-20-1 and PGC 24590) is a magnitude +10.9 elliptical galaxy located 97 million light-years away in Pyxis.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 8th February 1886. 

Right Ascension 08h 45m 08.3s, Declination -33° 47' 42"



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