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NGC 7657 (also ESO 148-12 and PGC 71456) is a magnitude +14.1 barred spiral galaxy located 146 million light-years away in the constellation Tucana.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 Inch) reflecting telescope at Feldhausen in Wynberg, Cape Town on the 2nd October 1836. 

Right Ascension 23h 26m 47.1s, Declination -57° 48' 19"



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