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Copeland's Septet559 viewsDiscovered by Copeland in 1874 using the 6 foot "Leviathan of Parsonstown" telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland. It was a fortuitous discovery as he was actually looking for another "nebula" but had been given the wrong coordinates. He could see 7 nebulae (galaxies) hence septet but there are at least 8 probably 9 associated together. Distance around 430 mly. David R.
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