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NGC 3238 (also MCG 10-15-80, UGC 5649 and PGC 30686) is a magnitude +12.9 face-on spiral galaxy located 339 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 8th April 1793.

Right Ascension 10h 26m 42.9s, Declination +57° 13' 34"



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