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NGC 6062 (also MCG 3-41-125, UGC 10202 and PGC 57145) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 538 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) reflector at the Marseille Observatory on the 20th June 1884.

Right Ascension 16h 06m 22.9s, Declination +19° 46' 37"



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