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NGC 3654 (also IRAS 11211+6941, MCG 12-11-22, UGC 6407 and PGC 35025) is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy located 72 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 6th April 1793.

Right Ascension 11h 24m 10.9s, Declination +69° 24' 46"



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