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NGC 3217 (also IC 606, IRAS 10208+1112, MCG 2-27-6 and PGC 30448) is a magnitude 14.6 spiral galaxy located 442 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.
The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer David Peck Todd using the 66.04 cm (26 inch) f/15 Clark refractor of the U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington D.C., on the 4th March 1878.

Right Ascension  10h 23m 32.6s, Declination +10° 57' 35"



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