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Proper Name	None
Caldwell Number	C48
NGC/IC Number	NGC 2775
Constellation	Cancer
Right Ascension	9h 10m 20s
Declination	+7° 2' 17"
Distance	c.66,900,000 light years c.20,500,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +10.2 Absolute: -21.3
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 4.2' Actual: 79,000 light years
Hubble Type	Sab Spiral
Optimum Visibility	February / March
Notes	A spiral galaxy in southern Cancer with a broad nuclear region and a ring of discontinous spiral arms. C48 is connected by a stream of hydrogen to the much smaller galaxy NGC 2777 that lies to the northwest, as seen from Earth.

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