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NGC 5933 (also MCG 8-28-34 and PGC 55117) is a magnitude 14.9 lenticular galaxy located 499 million light-years away away in the constellation Boötes.

The galaxy was discovered by America astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 21st April 1887.

Right Ascension 15h 27m 01.5s, Declination Dec +48° 36' 50"



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