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NGC 6394 (also IRAS 17296+5940, MCG 10-25-55, UGC 10889 and PGC 60410) is a magnitude +14.5 barred spiral galaxy located 390 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 7th July 1885.

Right Ascension 17h 30m 21.3s, Declination +59° 38' 24"



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