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NGC 2923 (also PGC 27306) is a magnitude +14.2 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 378.34 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 36m 03.8s, Declination +16° 45' 39"



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