* Astronomy

NGC 2657 (also UGC 4573, MCG 2-23-2, GWT 61.6, IRAS08425 0949 and PGC 24595) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 190 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 7th March 1885.

Right Ascension   08h 45m 15.8, Declination +09° 38' 45"