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NGC 5226 (also PGC 47877) is a magnitude +15.8 spiral galaxy located 337 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. 

The galaxy was discovered by Danish-Irish astronomer Johann Louis Emil Dreyer using a 182.88 cm (72 inch) speculum reflector at Birr Castle on the 5th April 1877.

Right Ascension 13h 35m 03.6s, Declination +13° 55' 17"



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