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NGC 2864 (also MCG 1-24-20, IRAS09216 0609 and PGC 26644) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 468 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

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 24m 15.4s, Declination 05° 56'24"



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