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NGC 7379 (also IRAS 22452+3958, MCG 7-46-18, UGC 12187 and PGC 69724) is a magnitude +13.4 barred spiral galaxy located 246 million light years away in the constellation Lacerta.

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 22nd September 1876. 

Right Ascension 22h 47m 32.9s, Declination +40° 14' 21"



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