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NGC 7440 (also MCG 6-50-14, UGC 12276 and PGC 70152) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 260 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 9th October 1876.

Right Ascension 22h 58m 32.5s, Declination +35° 48' 11"



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