* Astronomy

NGC 800 (also IRAS 01596-0021, MCG 0-6-24, UGC 1526 and PGC 7740) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 274 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.
The galaxy is close to the spiral galaxy NGC 799.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 9th October 1885.

Right Ascension 02h 02m 11.833s, Declination -00° 07' 49.58"

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