NGC 7550

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NGC 7550 is an lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 4,598 ± 29 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 67.8 ± 4.8 Mpc (~221 million light-years). It was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784.

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