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NGC 3549 (also IRAS 11080+5339, MCG 9-18-97, UGC 6215 and PGC 33964) is a magnitude +12.1 spiral galaxy located 131 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 2nd April 1789.

Right Ascension 11h 10m 56.8s, Declination +53° 23' 17"



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