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NGC 2900 (also UGC 5065, MCG 1-24-26, IRAS 09 276 +0421 and PGC 26974) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 245 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 10th March 1886.

Right Ascension   09h 30m 15s, Declination +04° 08' 37"



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