* Astronomy

NGC 262 (also Markarian 348, UGC 499 and PGC 2855) is a magnitude +13.1 huge spiral galaxy in the cluster LGG 14 located 202 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

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 17th September 1885.

Right Ascension 00h 48m 47.14154s, Declination +31° 57' 25"

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