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NGC 6903 (also ESO 596-29, MCG -3-52-3 and PGC 64607) is a magnitude +11.9 elliptical galaxy located 153 million light-years away in the constellation Capricornus.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 14th July 1830. 

Right Ascension 20h 23m 44.9s, Declination -19° 19' 33"



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