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NGC 6615 (also MCG 2-46-13, UGC 11196 and PGC 61713) is a magnitude +13.1 barred spiral galaxy located 123 million light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) speculum reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 9th July 1863.

Right Ascension 18h 18m 33.4s, Declination +13° 15' 55"



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