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NGC 7676 (also ESO 148-16 and PGC 71564) is a magnitude +11.5 elliptical galaxy located 154 million light-years away in the constellation Tucana.

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 October 1834. 

Position (J2000): R.A. 23h 29m 01.7s  |  Dec. -59° 43' 00"

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