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NGC 6923 (also IC 5004, ESO 462-29, IC 5004, IRAS 20285-3100, MCG -5-48-17 and PGC 64884) is a magnitude +12.0 spiral galaxy located 130 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium.

The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 31st July 1834. 
The galaxy was observed by Lewis Swift in July 1897 and relisted as IC 5004.

Right Ascension 20h 31m 39.0s, Declination -30° 49' 55"



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