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NGC 5073
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NGC 5073 (also MCG -2-34-25, UGCA 346, FGC 1594, IRAS13167-1435 and PGC 46441) is a magnitude +12.6 barred spiral galaxy located 126 million light-years away in Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 8th February 1785. 

Right Ascension 13h 19m 20.8s, Declination -14° 50' 47"



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