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NGC 5828 (also NGC 5828B, MCG 8-27-51, UGC 9658 and PGC 53618) is a magnitude +13.6 face-on spiral galaxy located 187 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes.

The galaxy was discovered by American 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 24th June 1887.

Right Ascension 15h 00m 45.9s, Declination +49° 59' 36"



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