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NGC 2821 (also ESO 497-34, IRAS 09145-2636, MCG -4-22-7 and PGC 26192) is a magnitude +13.1 barred spiral galaxy located 112 million light-years away in the constellation Pyxis. 

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 26th March 1835.

Right Ascension 09h 16m 47.8s, Declination -26° 49' 00" 



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