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NGC 2206 (also ESO 489-26, MCG -4-15-19, UGCA 123, AM 0614-264, IRAS 06140-2644, and PGC 18736) is a magnitude +12.1 inclined barred spiral galaxy located 289 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen, Claremont, Cape Town, on the 20th January 1835. 

Right Ascension 06h 15m 59.7s, Declination -26° 45' 55"



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