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NGC 5246 (also IRAS 13349+0421, MCG 1-35-17, UGC 8612 and PGC 48128) is a magnitude +13.9 face-on barred spiral galaxy located 319 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.

The galaxy hosted supernova 2004bk.

 Right Ascension 13h 37m 29.3s, Declination +04° 06' 16"



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