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NGC 2418
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NGC 2418 (also UGC 3931, MCG 3-20-8, GWT 87.17, ARP 165 or PGC 21382) is a magnitude +12.3 elliptical galaxy located 232 million light-years away in the constellation Gemini.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on the 23rd January 1874. 

Right Ascension 07h 36m 37.4s, Declination +17° 53' 02"



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