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NGC 2943 (also MCG 3-25-11, UGC 5136 and PGC 27482) is a magnitude +12.4 elliptical galaxy located 385 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. 

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 1st April 1864.

Right Ascension 09h 38m 32.9s, Declination +17° 01' 52"



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