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NGC 677 (also IRAS 01464+1249, MCG 2-5-42, UGC 1275 and PGC 6673) is a magnitude +12.2 elliptical galaxy located 235 million light-years away in the constellation Aries.

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 25th September 1886.

Right Ascension 01h 49m 14.0s, Declination +13° 03' 21"

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