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NGC 6358 (also MCG 9-28-33, UGC 10810 and PGC 60054) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 426 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 2nd May 1887.

Right Ascension 17h 18m 52.8s, Declination +52° 36' 57" 



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