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NGC 2238 (also LBN 948) is a magnitude +8.5 emission nebula which is within the Rosette Nebula located 5,200 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.

The nebula was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 1.2m (48 inch) Newtonian reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 28th February 1864.

Right Ascension  06h 30m 40.3s, Declination Dec +05° 00' 47"

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