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NGC 7226 (also OCL 226) is a magnitude +9.6 open star cluster located 8,500 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. 

The cluster was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden using a 39.62 cm (15.6 inch) f/15.6 Clark-refractor at the Washburn Observatory on the 20th June 1881.

Right Ascension 22h 10m 27.0s, Declination +55° 23' 55" 



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