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NGC 3333 (also ESO 376-2, MCG -6-24-1, IRAS10375-3546 and PGC 31723) is a magnitude +13.1 barred spiral galaxy located 48.853 million parsecs (159 million light-years) away in the constellation Antlia.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 2nd February 1835. 

Right Ascension 10h 39m 49.7s, Declination -36° 02' 10"



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