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NGC 6484 (also IRAS 17497+2429, MCG 4-42-7, UGC 11010 and PGC 61008) is a magnitude +12.3 barred spiral galaxy located 143 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Truman Henry Safford using a 46.99 cm(18.5 inch) refractor at the Dearborn Observatory on the 11th July 1866.
The galaxy was rediscovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan in June 1876. 

Right Ascension 17h 51m 46.8s, Declination +24° 28' 59"



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