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NGC 5601
Galaxy in the constellation Boötes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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NGC 5601 is a lenticular galaxy around 259 million light-years away in the constellation Boötes.[1][3] NGC 5601 was discovered on March 27th, 1867 by the Irish astronomer Robert Ball, and it has a diameter around 88,000 light-years.[1][4][2] NGC 5601 is not known to have much star formation, and it is not known to have an active galactic nucleus.[1][2]
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