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NGC 6854 (also ESO 185-61 and PGC 64080) is a magnitude +12.2 elliptical galaxy located 263 million light-years away in the constellation Telescopium.

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 9th July 1834. 

Right Ascension 20h 05m 38.6s, Declination -54° 22' 30"



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