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NGC 846 (also NGC 847, PGC 8430, IRAS02090 4420, UGC 1688, GWT 538.32, MCG 7-5-24 or VV 791) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 235 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 22nd November 1876. The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis Swift on the 30th November 1885 and listed as NGC 847.

Right Ascension 02h 12m 12.1s, Declination +44° 34' 05"



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