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NGC 7057 (also ESO 287-17, MCG -7-44-4 and PGC 66708) is a magnitude +12.6 elliptical galaxy located 248 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 24m 58.5s, Declination -42° 27' 37" 



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