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NGC 5018 (also IRAS 13103-1915, MCG -3-34-17, UGCA 335 and PGC 45908) is a magnitude +10.8 elliptical galaxy located 129 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. 

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 8th April 1788.

Right Ascension 13h 13m 00.9s, Declination -19° 31' 10"



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