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NGC 2878 (also MCG 0-24-14, UGC 5022 and PGC 26739) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 336 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. 

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 28th March 1864.

Right Ascension 09h 25m 47.4s, Declination +02° 05' 24" 



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