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NGC 3500 (also IRAS 10582+7528, MCG 13-8-52, UGC 6090 and PGC 33277) is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy located 159 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. 

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 1801.

Right Ascension 11h 01m 51.3s, Declination +75° 12' 04"



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