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NGC 2817 (also IRAS 09146-0432, MCG -1-24-6 and PGC 26223) is a magnitude +13.0 barred spiral galaxy located 162 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 26th March 1887.

Right Ascension 09h 17m 10.6s, Declination -04° 45' 10" 



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