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NGC 2550 (also IRAS 08188+7410, MCG 12-8-37, UGC 4359 and PGC 23604) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 104 million light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis.

The galaxy was 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 7th September 1885.

Right Ascension 08h 24m 33.7s, Declination +74° 00' 43"



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