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NGC 5241 (also IRAS 13340-0808, MCG -1-35-6 and PGC 48043) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 297 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. 

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 29th March 1886.

Right Ascension 13h 36m 39.9s, Declination -08° 24' 06" 



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