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NGC 2881 (also Arp 275, MCG -2-24-21 and PGC 26747) is a magnitude +13.3 pair of interacting spiral galaxies located 232 & 235 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

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 9th February 1886. 

Right Ascension 09h 25m 54.7s, Declination -11° 59' 44"



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