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NGC 3011 (also MCG 5-23-38, UGC 5259 and PGC 28259) is a magnitude 13.3 spiral galaxy located 71 million light-years away away in the constellation Leo.

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 1886.

Right Ascension 09h 49m 41.1s, Declination Dec +32° 13' 18"



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