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NGC 5213 (also IRAS 13321+0423, MCG 1-35-8, UGC 8552 and PGC 47235) is a magnitude +14.0 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 316 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 April 1864.

 Right Ascension 13h 34m 39.2s, Declination +04° 07' 51"



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