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NGC 3542 (also IRAS 11071+3712, MCG 6-25-13 and PGC 33868) is a magnitude +14.2 barred spiral galaxy located 418 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 26th March 1884.

Right Ascension 11h 9m 55.6s, Declination +36° 56' 47" 



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