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NGC 5022 (also ESO 576-14, IRAS 13108-1917, MCG -3-34-21, PGC 45952 and PGC 45953) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 138 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. 

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Observatory on the 31st March 1881.

Right Ascension 13h 13m 30.7s, Declination -19° 32' 51"

 



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