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NGC 461 (also ESO 352-33, IRAS 01150-3406, MCG -6-4-2 and PGC 4636) is a magnitude +13.3 barred spiral galaxy located 261 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at his Feldhausen Observatory at Wynberg in Cape Town on the 25th September 1834. 

Right Ascension 01h 17m 20.3s, Declination -33° 50' 28"



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