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NGC 2292 (also ESO 490-48, MCG -4-16-22, SGC 064539-2641.4, VV 178b, GC 1459, AM 0645-264 and PGC 19617) is a magnitude +10.8 interacting spiral galaxy located 94 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 47m 39.4s, Declination -26° 44' 47"



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