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NGC 2504 (also IRAS 07572+0544, MCG 1-21-4, UGC 4152 and PGC 22414) is a magnitude +13.3 peculiar galaxy located 120 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. 

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 25th March 1864.

Right Ascension 07h 59m 52.2s, Declination +05° 36' 28" 



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