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NGC 2882 (also UGC 5030, MCG 1-24-21, IRAS 09 239 +0810 and PGC 26781) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 99 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 6th March 1864.

Right Ascension  09h 26m 35.9s, Declination 07° 57' 15"



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