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NGC 7060 (also ESO 287-22, IRAS 21226-4237, MCG -7-44-6 and PGC 66732) is a magnitude +12.94 barred spiral galaxy located 221 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 2nd September 1836. 

Right Ascension 21h 25m 53.5s, Declination -42° 24' 39" 



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