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NGC 3926 (also NGC 3926A/B MCG +04-28-073/074, UGC 6829 and PGC 37079/80) is a magnitude +14.3 Pair of elliptical galaxies located 390 and 354 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.

The galaxies were discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector in the garden at his home in Datchet, England, on the 26h April 1785.

Right Ascension 11h 51m 26.5s, Declination +22° 01' 42"



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