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NGC 7097 (also ESO 287-48, MCG -7-44-29 and PGC 67146) is a magnitude +11.7 elliptical galaxy located 120 million light-years away in the constellation Grus.

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 5th September 1834. 

Right Ascension 21h 40m 12.8s, Declination -42° 32' 21"



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