NGC 5642

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What Wikipedia says

NGC 5642 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It was discovered on May 16, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel.

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