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NGC 3622 (also IRAS 11171+6730, UGC 6339 and PGC 34692) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. 

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 6th April 1793.

Right Ascension 11h 20m 12.2s, Declination +67° 14' 31"



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