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NGC 3770 (also IRAS 11352+5953, MCG 10-17-28, UGC 6600 and PGC 36025) is a magnitude +12.8 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 149 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 19th March 1790.

Right Ascension 11h 37m 58.7s, Declination +59° 37' 02"



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