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NGC 99 (also IRAS 00214+1529, MCG 2-2-6, UGC 230 and PGC 1523) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 244 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 8th October 1883.

The galaxy is moving away at 5308 km/sec

Right Ascension 23d 00h 59.6s, Declination +15° 46' 12"

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