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NGC 5232 (also IRAS 13335-0814, MCG -1-35-3 and PGC 47998) is a magnitude +12.4 spiral galaxy located 318 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 30th May 1864. 

Right Ascension 13h 36m 08.2s, Declination -08° 29' 52"



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