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In 1900, the British/South African astronomer Joseph Lunt, at Cape Town Observat…

In 1900, the British/South African astronomer Joseph Lunt, at Cape Town Observatory, spotted this beautiful sight in the southern constellation of Grus (The Crane): a barred spiral galaxy now named IC 5201. See https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1650a/