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NGC 6090 (also IRAS 16104+5235, MCG 9-26-64, UGC 10267 and PGC 57437) is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy located 406 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.

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 24th June 1887.

Right Ascension 16h 11m 40.7s, Declination +52° 27' 28"



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