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NGC 904 (also MCG 4-6-24, UGC 1852 and PGC 9112) is a magnitude +13.6 elliptical galaxy located 246 million light years away in the constellation Aries.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 18th September 1871. 

Right Ascension 02h 24m 05.5s, Declination +27° 20' 35"

NGC 904

 



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