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NGC 7692 (also IRAS 23302-0552, MCG -1-60-3, UGC 473 and PGC 71712) is a magnitude +14.8 irregular galaxy located 241 million light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer George Phillips Bond using a 38 cm (15-inch) Merz and Mahler refracting telescope at the Harvard College Observatory, on the 23rd October 1848.

Position (J2000): R.A. 23h 32m 46.7s  |  Dec. -05° 35' 46"

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