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NGC 5052 (also MCG 5-31-165, UGC 8330 and PGC 46131) is a magnitude +13.2 lenticular galaxy located 305 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. 

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 9th April 1831.

Right Ascension 13h 15m 35.0s, Declination +29° 40' 33"



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