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NGC 1452 (also NGC 1455, ESO 549-12, IRAS 03430-1847, MCG -3-10-44 and PGC 13765) is a magnitude +11.8 lenticular galaxy located 80 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 6th October 1785. 

The galaxy was rediscovered by Francis Leavenworth in 1886 and relisted as NGC 1455.

Right Ascension 03h 45m 22.3s, Declination -18° 37' 59"



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