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NGC 6111 (also MCG 11-20-7 and PGC 57579) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy located 434 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 31st May 1887.

Right Ascension 16h 14m 22.5s, Declination +63° 15' 38"



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