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NGC 6801 (also IRAS 19264+5416, MCG 9-32-5, UGC 11443 and PGC 63229) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 198 million light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

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 5th August 1886.

Right Ascension 19h 27m 35.9s, Declination +54° 22' 21"

 



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