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NGC 6224 (also MCG+01-43-002, UGC 10555 and PGC 59017) is a magnitude +13.5 elliptical galaxy located 415 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules.

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 15th June 1887.

Right Ascension 16h 48m 18.5s, Declination +06° 18' 44"



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