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NGC 507 (also Arp 229, MCG 5-4-44, UGC 938 and PGC 5098) is a magnitude +11.2 lenticular galaxy located 227 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces.
The galaxy was catalogued as Arp 229 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies due to the faint "circular or near circular rings" discovered by Halton Arp.
The galaxy is part of the Perseus-Pisces super cluster.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire on the 12th September 1784.

Right Ascension 01h 23m 40.0s, Declination +33° 15' 24"

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