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NGC 6606 (also MCG 7-37-25, UGC 11174 and PGC 61633) is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy located 265 million light-years away in the constellation Lyra. 

The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using a 80.01 cm (31.5 inch) reflecting telescope at the Marseilles Observatory possibly on the 8th August 1883.

Right Ascension 18h 14m 41.3s, Declination +43° 16' 07"



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