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NGC 6117 (also NGC 6117A, IRAS 16174+3712, MCG 6-36-22, UGC 10338 and PGC 57816) is a magnitude +13.6 spiral galaxy located 394 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) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 5th July 1864. 

Right Ascension 16h 19m 18.2s, Declination +37° 05' 43"



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