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NGC 789 (also IRAS 01595+3149, MCG 5-5-47, UGC 1520 and PGC 7760) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 242 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/17.5 Merz-Refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory on the 24th August 1865.

The galaxy was rediscovered by Edouard Stephan in December 1871.

Right Ascension 02h 02m 26.0s, Declination +32° 04' 20"

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