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NGC 5084 (also ESO 576-33, MCG -4-32-4 and PGC 46525) is a magnitude +10.5 lenticular galaxy located 79 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.
In the sky it is close to the galaxies NGC 5087 and NGC 5068.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 10th March 1785.

Right Ascension   13h 20m 16.7s, Declination -21° 49' 39"



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