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NGC 7651 (also NGC 7651-1, MCG 2-59-36 and PGC 71344) is a magnitude +14.8 elliptical galaxy located 584 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.
The galaxy is close to the magnitude +14.7 spiral galaxy NGC 7651-2 (MCG 2-59-36 and PGC 3085862) located 584 million light-years away.

The galaxies were discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 1st September 1886.

Right Ascension 23h 24m 25.9, Declination +13° 58' 20" (NGC 7651-1}

Right Ascension 23h 24m 25.6, Declination +13° 58' 02" (NGC 7651-2}



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