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NGC 6220 (also UGC 10541 and PGC 58979) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 317 million light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.

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 19th June 1887.

Right Ascension 16h 47m 13.2s, Declination -00° 16' 30"



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