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NGC 6096 (also MCG 5-38-44 and PGC 57598) is a magnitude +14.3 spiral galaxy located 453 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. 

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 16h 14m 46.6s, Declination +26° 33' 34" 



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