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NGC 5971 (also MCG 9-26-2, UGC 9929 and PGC 55529) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 198 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.
NGC 5971, NGC 5963 and NGC 5965 form a triple group of galaxies.
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 5th August 1885.

Right Ascension 15h 35m 36.9s, Declination +56° 27' 43"



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