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NGC 5788 (also MCG 9-24-49 and PGC 53189) is a magnitude 14.7 spiral galaxy located 508 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 14h 53m 16.8s, Declination Dec +52° 02' 41"



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