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NGC 6916 (also IRAS 20224+5810, MCG 10-29-4, UGC 11554 and PGC 64600) is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy located 143 million light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

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 26th June 1887.

Right Ascension 20h 23m 33.1s, Declination +58° 20' 39"



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