NGC 5539

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NGC 5539 is a large lenticular galaxy in the Boötes constellation. It is located 857 million light-years away and was discovered by John Herschel on 24 April 1830. According to Herschel, he found it quite large and irregular.

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Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.