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NGC 3308 (also ESO 501-34, MCG -4-25-32 and PGC 31438) is a magnitude +11.9 lenticular galaxy located 163 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. 

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th March 1835.

Right Ascension 10h 36m 22.3s, Declination -27° 26' 14" 



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