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NGC 5080 (also MCG 2-34-7 and PGC 46440) is a magnitude +13.6 elliptical galaxy located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden using a 39.6 cm (15.6 inch) f/15.6 Clark-refractor at the Washburn Observatory on the 27th April 1881.

Right Ascension 13h 19m 19.2s, Declination +08° 25' 47"



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