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NGC 2616 (also MCG 0-22-21, UGC 4489 and PGC 24129) is a magnitude +12.7 lenticular galaxy located 429 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 9th March 1886.

Right Ascension   08h 35m 34.0s, Declination -01° 51' 03"



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