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NGC 2805 (also MCG 11-12-3, UGC 4936 and PGC 26410) is a magnitude +11.0 face-on spiral galaxy located 79 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 in Slough, Berkshire on the 2nd April 1791.

Right Ascension 09h 20m 20.4s, Declination +64° 06' 10"



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