NGC 5820
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NGC 5820 is a galaxy in the constellation Boötes
Boötes
Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. The name comes from the Greek Βοώτης, Boōtēs, meaning herdsman or plowman...

. It lies near a similar massed galaxy, NGC 5821
NGC 5821
NGC 5821 is a galaxy in the constellation Boötes. It lies near a similarly massed galaxy, NGC 5820, at the same redshift.- References :***...

, at the same redshift.
With a diameter of 7.1 million light years, it is larger than the similar-mass IC 1101
IC 1101
IC 1101 is a supergiant lenticular galaxy at the center of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster. It is 1.07 billion light years away in the constellation of Serpens and is classified as a cD class of galaxy.-Size:...

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