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NGC 7753 (also UGC 12780, MCG 5-56-5, IRAS 23445 +2911, Arp 86 and PGC 72387) is a magnitude +12.8 barred spiral galaxy with a small nucleus located approximately 233 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus.
Together with the smaller interacting companion NGC 7752, it is catalogued as Arp 86 in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies by Halton Arp. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 12th September 1784.

The galaxy hosted supernova 2006A, SN 2006ch, SN 2013Q and SN 2015ae

Right ascension 23h 47m 04.8s, Declination +29° 29' 00"



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