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NGC 1341 (also PGC 12911, ESO 358-8, MCG -6-8-20, IRAS 03260-3719) is a magnitude +11.8 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 85 million light-years away in the constellation Fornax. 
NGC 1341 is a member of the Fornax galaxy cluster. 

The galaxy was discovered by John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 29th November 1837.

Right Ascension 03h 27m 58.3s, Declination -37° 08' 58"



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