NGC 5941 (also MCG 1-40-3 and PGC 55314) is a magnitude +13.9 lenticular galaxy located 460 million light-years away in the constellation Serpens.
The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 19th April 1887.
Right Ascension 15h 31m 40.3s, Declination +07° 20' 20"
