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NGC 5 (also MCG 6-1-13, UGC 62 and PGC 595) is a magnitude +14.3 elliptical galaxy located 212 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope  at the Marseille Observatory on the 21st October 1881.

Position (J2000): R.A. 00h 07m 48.9s  |  Dec. +35° 21' 44.3"

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