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NGC 5855 (also PGC 54014) is a magnitude +14.5 compact galaxy located 488 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 30th March 1887.

Right Ascension 15h 07m 48.9s, Declination +03° 59' 05"



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