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NGC 860 (also PGC 8606) is a magnitude +14.3 elliptical galaxy located 406 million light years away in the constellation Triangulum.

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 15m 00.1s, Declination +30° 46' 46"

NGC 860

 



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