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NGC 11 (also IRAS 00061+3710, MCG 6-1-15, UGC 73 and PGC 642) is a magnitude +13.7 edge-on spiral galaxy located 202 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on the 24th October 1881.

Position (J2000): R.A. 00h 08m 42.5s  |  Dec. +37° 26' 53"

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