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NGC 150 (also ESO 410-19, MCG -5-2-18, UGCA 7, AM 0031-280, IRAS00317-2804 and PGC 2052) is a magnitude +11.2 spiral galaxy located about 73 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.

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 20th November 1886.

Right Ascension 00h 34m 15.7s, Declination -27° 48' 18"



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