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NGC 7378 (also MCG -2-58-5 and PGC 69734) is a magnitude +12.7 barred spiral galaxy located 118 million parsecs away in the constellation Aquarius.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refracting telescope at the Arcetri Observatory on the 19th September 1879. 

Right Ascension 22h 47m 47.5s, Declination -11° 49' 00"



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