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NGC 6609 (also MCG 10-26-25 and PGC 61559) is a magnitude +14.5 spiral galaxy located 374 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 4th August 1883.

Right Ascension 18h 12m 33.6s, Declination +61° 19' 56"



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