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NGC 282 (also MCG 5-3-15 and PGC 3090) is a magnitude +13.7 elliptical galaxy located 307 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 13th October 1879.

Right Ascension 00h 52m 42.0s, Declination +30° 38' 20"

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