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NGC 6984 (also ESO 235-20, IRAS 20543-5203 and PGC 65798) is a magnitude +12.65 spiral galaxy located 180 million light-years away in the constellation Indus.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 8th July 1834. 

Right Ascension 20h 57m 53.987s, Declination -51° 52' 15.13"

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