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NGC 2718 (also IRAS 08561+0629, MCG 1-23-15, UGC 4707 and PGC 25225) is a magnitude +11.8 face-on spiral galaxy located 176 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 24th March 1786.

Right Ascension 08h 58m 50.3s, Declination +06° 17' 38" 



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