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NGC 6213 (also MCG 10-24-30 and PGC 58778) is a magnitude +14.7 spiral galaxy located 247 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 25th June 1887.

Right Ascension 16h 41m 37.3s, Declination +57° 48' 54"



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