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NGC 2876 (also MCG-01-24-016 and PGC 26710) is a magnitude +13.1 lenticular galaxy located 281 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using the 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 5th March 1880.

Right Ascension  09h 25m 13.8s, Declination -06° 43' 00"



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