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NGC 3220 (also IC 604, MCG 10-15-73, UGC 5614 and PGC 30462) is a magnitude +13.1 spiral galaxy located 54 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.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis Swift in August 1890 and relisted as IC 604.

Right Ascension 10h 23m 44.7s, Declination +57° 01' 36"



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