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NGC 6364 (also MCG 5-41-13, UGC 10835 and PGC 60228) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 316 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules.

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Voigt using a 80 cm (31.5 inch) f/5.6 Foucault reflecting telescope at the Marseille Observatory on June 1865. 

Right Ascension 17h 24m 27.3s, Declination +29° 23' 28"



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