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NGC 7010 (also IC 5082, MCG -2-53-24 and PGC 66039)is a magnitude +13.0 elliptical galaxy located 390 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.
The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 6th August 1823.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Guillaume Bigourdan in August 1886 and relisted as IC 5082.  

Right Ascension 21h 04m 39.4s, Declination -12° 20' 16"



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