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NGC 3003 (also UGC 5251, MCG 6-22-13, GWT 182.21, KUG 0945 +336, IRAS09456 3339 or PGC 28186) is a magnitude +11.5 edge-on barred spiral galaxy located 68 million light years away in the constellation Leo Minor.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Clayhall Farm House in Old Windsor on the 7th December 1785. 

Right Ascension 09h 48m 35.9s, Declination +33° 25' 19"



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