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NGC 1337 (also PGC 12916, MCG -2-9-42) is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy located 57 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.  

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 10th November 1885. 

Right Ascension 03h 28m 05.6s, Declination -08° 23' 18"



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