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NGC 6574 (also NGC 6610, IRAS 18095+1458, MCG 2-46-10, UGC 11144 and PGC 61536) is a magnitude +12.0 barred spiral galaxy located 105 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.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Edouard Stephan in July 1876 and relisted as NGC 6610.

Right Ascension 18h 11m 51.2s, Declination +14° 58' 54"



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