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NGC 5006 (also ESO 576-6, MCG -3-34-11 and PGC 45806) is a magnitude +12.4 lenticular galaxy located 127 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 11m 45.7s, Declination -19° 15' 41"



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