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NGC 7310 (also ESO 533-49, IRAS 22318-2244, MCG -4-53-15 and PGC 69202) is a magnitude +13.8 barred spiral galaxy located 445 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius. 

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refracting telescope at the Leander McCormick Observatory on the 20th July 1885.

Right Ascension 22h 34m 36.8s, Declination -22° 29' 06"



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