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NGC 819

NGC 819 is a spiral galaxy approximately 302 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Triangulum. It forms a visual pair with the galaxy NGC 816 5.7' WNW.

NGC 819 was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on September 20, 1865 with the 11-inch refractor at Copenhagen. Édouard Stephan independently found the galaxy again on September 15, 1871 with the 31" reflector at Marseille Observatory.

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 819:

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