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NGC 115
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NGC 115 (also ESO 350-17, MCG -6-2-6 and PGC 1651) is a magnitude +13.1 barred spiral galaxy located 84 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 00h 26m 46.0s, Declination -33° 40' 34"

 



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