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NGC 5919 (also PGC 54826) is a magnitude +15.9 elliptical galaxy located 638 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens. 

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 30th March 1887.

Right Ascension 15h 21m 36.8s, Declination +07° 43' 11"



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