NGC 5940

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NGC 5940 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Serpens. The galaxy was found on April 19, 1887, by Lewis Swift, an American astronomer. NGC 5940 is located 500 million light-years away from the Milky Way and it is approximately 140,000 light-years across in diameter.

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