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NGC 2502 (also ESO 209-8, AM 0754-521 and PGC 22210) is a magnitude +12.2 lenticular galaxy located 55.77 million light-years away in the constellation Carina.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.6 inch) reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 5th January 1837

Right Ascension 07 55 51.5 Declination -52° 18' 25"



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