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NGC 990
Galaxy located in the constellation Aries
NGC 990 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Aries about 153 million light-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered by the German - British astronomer William Herschel in 1786.
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- NGC 990 PanS.jpg by Donald Pelletier, CC BY-SA 4.0
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