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NGC 6076 (also NGC 6076-1, MCG 5-38-23, UGC 10253 and PGC 57409) is a magnitude +14.0 elliptical galaxy located 460 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 11m 12.9s, Declination +26° 52' 19"



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