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NGC 6796 (also IRAS 19208+6102, MCG 10-27-10, UGC 11432 and PGC 63121) is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy located 100 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 5th July 1885.

Right Ascension 19h 21m 31.0s, Declination +61° 08' 42"



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