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NGC 6236 (also  IRAS 16450+7052, MCG 12-16-8, UGC 10546 and PGC 58891) is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy located 59 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 28th June 1884.

Right Ascension 16h 44m 34.3s, Declination +70° 46' 48"



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