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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	IC 463
Constellation	Lynx
Right Ascension	7h 12m 15s
Declination	+50° 5' 22"
Distance	c.275,900,000 light years c.84,600,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +15.0 Absolute: -19.6
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 18" Actual: c.24,000 light years
Hubble Type	S0 Lenticular
Optimum Visibility	January (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	A distant and faint galaxy of the lenticular type, part of a small group of galaxies centred around the elliptical NGC 2340 in the constellation of Lynx.

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