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NGC 31 (also PGC 751, ESO 149-20 and AM 0007-571) is a magnitude +14.6 spiral galaxy located 441 million light-years away in the constellation Phoenix.

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 28th October 1834. 

Right Ascension 00h 10m 38.4s, Declination -56° 59' 11"



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