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NGC 6390 (also MCG 10-25-47, UGC 10881 and PGC 60356) is a magnitude +13.8 spiral galaxy located 144 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 28m 28.1s, Declination +60° 05' 40"



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