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NGC 1799 (also MCG -1-14-1 and PGC 16783) is a magnitude +13.7 lenticular galaxy located 204 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.64 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 13th February 1887. 

Right Ascension 05h 07m 44.5s, Declination -07° 58' 08"



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