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NGC 112 (also IRAS 00241+3125, MCG 5-2-13, UGC 255 and PGC 1654) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 289 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 17th September 1885.

Right Ascension 00h 26m 48.8s, Declination +31° 42' 10"

NGC 112

 



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