NGC 5196 (also PGC 47540) is a magnitude +14.2 elliptical galaxy located 298 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 12th April 1864.
Right Ascension 13h 31m 19.6s, Declination -01° 36' 52"
