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NGC 3262 (also ESO 263-42, MCG -7-22-17 and PGC 30876) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 132 million light-years away in the constellation Vela.

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 29m 06.1s, Declination -44° 09' 36"



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