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NGC 816 (also PGC 8152) is a magnitude +14.3 compact galaxy located 508 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope  at the Marseille Observatory on the 15th September 1871.

Right Ascension 02h 08m 08.8s, Declination +29° 15' 23"

NGC 816

 



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