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NGC 6330 (also IRAS 17138+2927, MCG 5-41-5, UGC 10776 and PGC 59961) is a magnitude 14.0 barred spiral galaxy located 399 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on the 12th June 1880.

Right Ascension 17h 15m 44.4s, Declination +29° 24' 15"



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