NGC 5778

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NGC 5778 is a large elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Boötes. The galaxy has a redshift of (z) 0.059 and it was first discovered by the American astronomer Lewis Swift in June 1886 who depicted it as faint and small, next to a star, and also discovered by the French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan in May 1890.

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