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NGC 7776 (also IC 1514, MCG -2-60-22 and PGC 72812) a magnitude +14.5 spiral galaxy located 416 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone using a 26-inch (660 mm) f/14.9 Alvan Clark refractor at the Leander-McCormick observatory at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, on the 31st October 1885. 

The galaxy was rediscovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa using a 27" f/15 Grubb-refractor at the Vienna Observatory on the 19th September 1893, and relisted as IC 1514.  

Right Ascension 23h 54m 16.5s, Declination -13° 35' 11"



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