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NGC 7098 (also ESO 48-5, IRAS 21393-7520 and PGC 67266) is a magnitude +11.3 barred spiral galaxy located 109 million light-years away in the constellation Octans.

The galaxy  was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Wynberg in Cape Town on the 22nd September 1835. 

Right Ascension 21h 44m 16.0s, Declination -75° 06' 39"



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