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NGC 690
Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
NGC 690 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus about 236 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the American astronomer Francis Leavenworth in 1885.
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- NGC 0690 SDSS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
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