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NGC 2267 (also ESO 426-29, MCG -5-16-15, AM 0638-322 and PGC 19417) is a magnitude +12.2 inclined spiral galaxy located 71 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 16th February 1836. 

Right Ascension 06h 40m 51.7s, Declination -32° 28' 56"



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