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NGC 1656 (also MCG -1-13-5 and PGC 15949) is a magnitude +12.9 lenticular galaxy located 173 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 10th February 1830. 

Right Ascension 04h 45m 53.3s, Declination -05° 08' 11"



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