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NGC 6937 (also ESO 234-60, IRAS 20350-5219 and PGC 65125) is a magnitude +12.9 spiral galaxy located 220 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 38m 45.8s, Declination -52° 08' 38"



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