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NGC 9 (also IRAS 00063+2332, MCG 4-1-30, UGC 78 and PGC 652) is a magnitude +14.35 spiral galaxy located 142 ±31 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.

The galaxy was discovered by Russian-German astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve using a 38.1 cm (15 inch) refractor at the Pulkovo Observatory, near St Petersburg on the 27th September 1865. 

Right Ascension 00h 08m 54.7s, Declination +23° 49' 01"

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