Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2146  ·  PGC 142974  ·  PGC 2776482
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NGC 2146 DustyHand Galaxy (close), Terrance
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NGC 2146 DustyHand Galaxy (close)

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NGC 2146 DustyHand Galaxy (close), Terrance
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NGC 2146 DustyHand Galaxy (close)

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Residing in the constellation Camelopardalis is galaxy NGC 2146 (The Dusty Hand Galaxy). Discovered by German astronomer Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke in 1876, NGC 2146 lies about 70 million light years from Earth with a calculated diameter of 80 thousand light years.

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