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NGC 7301

Galaxy in the constellation Aquarius

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NGC 7301 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 308,000,000 light-years (94,000,000 pc) away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. It was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth In 1886.

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