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NGC 6798 (also IC 1300, MCG 9-32-2, UGC 11434 and PGC 63171) is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy located 110 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 1885.

The galaxy was rediscovered by Lewis Swift in October 1891 and relisted as IC 1300. 

Right Ascension 19h 24m 03.1s, Declination +53° 37' 27"



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