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NGC 3543 (also MCG 10-16-75, UGC 6213 and PGC 33953) is a magnitude +14.2 edge-on spiral galaxy located 77 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 9th April 1793.

Right Ascension 11h 10m 56.5s, Declination +61° 20' 49"



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