* Astronomy

NGC 1560 (also MCG 12-5-5, UGC 3060 and PGC 15488) is a magnitude +11.4 edge-on spiral galaxy located approximately 12 million light-years away with the IC 342/Maffei Group in the constellation Camelopardalis.

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 1st August 1883. 

Right Ascension 00h 04m 32.8s, Declination ±00° 71' 53"

This galaxy is approximately 35 thousand light years wide, determined by its apparent size of 11.6 by 1.9 arcmin
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