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NGC 7594 (also IC 1478, MCG 2-59-23, UGC 12485 and PGC 70991) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 498 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

The galaxy was discovered by British amateur astronomer Andrew Ainslie Common using a 91.44 cm (36 inch) reflector at his Ealing observatory, near London in August 1880.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on the 22nd August 1889 and listed as IC 1478

Right Ascension 23h 18m 13.9s, Declination +10° 17' 52"

NGC 7594

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