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NGC 6381 (also IRAS 17266+6003, MCG 10-25-38, UGC 10871 and PGC 60321) is a magnitude +13.0 spiral galaxy located 150 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 27m 16.9s, Declination +60° 00' 50"



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