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NGC 5028 (also MCG -2-34-11 and PGC 45976) is a magnitude +12.3 elliptical galaxy located 303 million light years away in the constellation Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel using a 27.94 cm (11 inch) f/19 refractor at the Arcetri Observatory on the 12th May 1882. 

Right Ascension 13h 13m 45.8s, Declination -13° 02' 31"



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