NGC 5801 (also PGC 53596) is a magnitude +14.7 spiral galaxy located 371 million light-years away in the constellation of Libra.
The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Francis Preserved Leavenworth using a 66.04 cm (26 inch) refracting telescope at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the 10th June 1885.
Right Ascension 15h 00m 25.9s, Declination -13° 54' 13"
