NGC 17

NGC 34 is a galaxy in the constellation Cetus, which is about 240 million light-years away from Earth. NGC 34 is in the final stages of the merger of two galaxies.

Discovery

The object was discovered in 1886 by the American astronomer Frank Muller. On November 21, 1886 Lewis A. Swift observed the same galaxy; there was initially not recognized that it was observations of the same object, the galaxy was in the meantime two catalog numbers, NGC 17 and NGC 34

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