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NGC 6687 (also MCG 10-26-46, UGC 11309 and PGC 62144) is a magnitude +14.0 spiral galaxy located 155 million light-years away in the constellation Draco.

The galaxy was discovered by American astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 40.6 cm (16 inch) Alvan Clark and Sons refractor at the Warner Observatory, East Avenue, Rochester, New York, on the 11th July 1883.

Right Ascension 18h 37m 22.0s, Declination +59° 38' 35"



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