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NGC 7153 (also ESO 466-16, MCG -5-51-22 and PGC 67624) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 322 million light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

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 28th September 1834. 

Right Ascension 21h 54m 35.3s, Declination -29° 03' 50"



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