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NGC 7660 (also MCG 4-55-12, UGC 12594 and PGC 71413) is a magnitude +12.7 elliptical galaxy located 262 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire, on the 5th September 1828. 

Right Ascension 23h 25m 48.7s, Declination +27° 01' 47"

NGC 7660



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