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NGC 806 (also MCG -2-6-21, and PGC 7835 with PGC 3100716) is a pair of magnitude +13.9 and +14.7 interacting spiral galaxies located 181 and 176 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.  

NGC 806 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 1st November 1886. 

Position (J2000): R.A. 02h 03m 31.2s  |  Dec. -09° 55' 58" (PGC 7835)

Position (J2000): R.A. 02h 03m 32.4s  |  Dec. -09° 55' 46" (PGC 3100716)



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