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NGC 2223 (also ESO 489-49, MCG -4-16-2, UGCA 129, AM 0622-224, IRAS06224-2248 and PGC 18978) is a magnitude +11.5 barred spiral galaxy located 125 million light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. 
The galaxy hosted supernova 1993K 

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 23rd January 1835. 

Right Ascension 06h 24m 35.8s, Declination -22° 50' 19"



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