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NGC 7029 (also ESO 235-72, PGC 66318)  is a magnitude +11.4 elliptical galaxy located 130 million light-years away in the constellation Indus.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town on the 2nd October 1834.

Right Ascension 21h 11m 51.7s, Declination  -49° 17' 01"



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