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NGC 6371 (also MCG 4-41-12 and PGC 60322) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 295 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. 

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 24th June 1864.

Right Ascension 17h 27m 20.6s, Declination +26° 30' 18" 



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