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NGC 45 (also MCG 5-1-54, UGC 120 and PGC 875) is a magnitude +13.6 lenticular galaxy located 212 ±15.1 million light-years in the constellation Andromeda.  

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road in Slough, Berkshire, on the 11th November 1827. 

Right Ascension 00h 10m 24.95s, Declination +30° 38' 14.2"

It has a diameter of approximately 27 kiloparsecs (88,000 light-years)
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