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NGC 2888 (also ESO 434-2, MCG -5-23-1 and PGC 26768) is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical 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 30th March 1835.

Right Ascension 09h 26m 19.6s, Declination -28° 02' 10"



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